Turkey

Approximately 250 members of the international St. Sofia coalition will arrive in Istanbul on Friday.  The trip's purpose is to make Christian religious rites one of the main attractions in the city, i.e. the St. Sofia mosque. Turkish Culture Minister said that religious service would...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas yesterday appealed to Turkey to withdraw thousands of its troops from the Turkish occupied northern region of Cyprus during his first visit to the divided island in his new post. Describing the Cyprus problem as: “Greece’s top...

Turkish and Greek journalists are set to gather in conference meeting on September 18-19 in the western port city of Izmir. Over two hundred journalists will meet in the Sixth Turkish-Greek News Media Conference at Izmir's Swisshotel to discuss a...

Recent history recalls that during the night of Sept. 6 and into the early morning hours of Sept. 7 enraged mobs descended into the Istanbul neighborhoods where most of the ancient metropolis' ethnic Greeks lived, worked and owned property....

During a press conference yesterday President of the International Congregation of Agia Sophia Chris Spyrou stated: “On the 16th of September 2009, on behalf of the International Congregation of Agia Sophia, I wrote to Prime Minister Erdogan and informed him...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated on Tuesday that it was friendship that won the match between Turkey and Greece in the Group C of the FIBA 2010 World Basketball Championship. "We watched a very friendly match. Of course we...

Only one Greek Orthodox church survived a fire in the Aegean province of İzmir in 1922.  On Sunday officals announced that it has been restored. The İzmir Metropolitan Municipality released a statement saying that the restoration of the historical Ayavukla Church, which...

The FIBA World Championship is the most prominent sporting event Turkey has ever hosted in its history.  Both FIBA President Bob Elphinston and Turkish Basketball Federation President Turgay Demirel stated this. "This is a historic moment" Demirel said for his...

Friday's draw for the UEFA Europa League play off round has paired PAOK FC with Aegean rivals Fenerbahce SK, as European football renews the rivalry between Greece and Turkey. The long standing rivalry between the two Balkan countries will...

Archaeologists just began excavations at the ancient Greek city of Nysa in western Turkey. The excavation team consists of Turkish, Canadian and American architects, archaeologists and historians who hope to find new artifacts around the theatre, agora and gymnasion. Head...