Turkey

It was announced on Tuesday that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is petitioning United Nations experts to hold the Republic of Turkey accountable for what the archdiocese calls "its deliberate policies to erase the cultural heritage of Orthodox...

Armenian authorities charged on Tuesday that the nation of Turkey is responsible for the shooting down of one of its fighter jets, killing the pilot. If true, this would be a major provocation and an escalation of the conflict in...

Elpidophoros, the Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of the Americas, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday at the State Department. Discussing issues ranging from the takeover of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul to peace in the Mediterranean, the talks were...

Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sounded the alarm over U.S. President Donald Trump’s “close ties” with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and asked the Administration on Monday to provide details of exchanges between...

Glad Erdan, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, walked out of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday in protest against the speech given by Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan. In his inflammatory remarks, Erdogan accused the Jewish state of...

In these days of severely heightened tensions originating from Turkey's repeated incursions into the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean in search of oil and gas, even the sending of warships to accompany drilling vessels there, it appears yet another...

Turkish authorities on Wednesday demolished a historic Greek Orthodox church in the region of Bursa, north-western Turkey, which had been abandoned. The Georgios Greek Orthodox Church, known as the “Hagia Sophia” of Bursa, was destroyed amid warnings over the safety...

Τhe Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues and Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance, wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo earlier in the week to report on the Administration’s monitoring of violations by Turkey of the sovereign territory of Greece and Cyprus’...

The US State Department voiced its strong objection on Tuesday over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decision to host a delegation from the Palestinian militant group Hamas last week. In a statement, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus denounced the meeting...

Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America, deplored Friday's decision by Turkish authorities to re-convert the Byzantine-era Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Savior in Chora back into a mosque. The Archbishop wrote on Twitter: "After the tragic transgression with...