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Europe
‘Anti-Greek Tropes’ Likely to Color Turkey’s Snap Elections
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hoping nationalist voters will return him as a much-strengthened president in the June 24 snap elections -- meaning more clashes with Greece are likely.
A U.K.-based Turkey analyst, Michael Daventry, told Greek Reporter this week...
Europe
MEPs’ Vote to Free Greek Soldiers a ‘Slap’ to Erdogan
A Greek MEP has described the European Parliament's overwhelming support for a call to release two Greek soldiers from a Turkish prison as a "loud slap to the Erdogan leadership".
SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis was tweeting after European lawmakers voted...
Europe
Turkey’s Erdogan Calls Snap Elections
Turkey will hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, it was announced on Wednesday.
The revelation on state media confirms election rumors which had been swirling for days amid a series of meetings between the ruling Justice and...
Europe
Former Turkish Prosecutor Arrested Trying to Flee to Greece
A Turkish former prosecutor has been arrested in Turkey's northwestern Edirne province while trying to escape to Greece with his wife and children, Turkish media report.
According to the Daily Sabah newspaper, Turkish gendarmes patrolling the border in Edirne's Ipsala...
Business
Uber is a Terrorist Group and its Users are Traitors, Says Istanbul Taxi Boss
The ride-sharing firm Uber is a terrorist group born in the U.S. "where the traitors who shoot and kill my soldiers in Afrin bleed".
These claims were contained in an outburst by Irfan Ozturk, head of the Istanbul Taxi Drivers'...
Cyprus
Cyprus Insists its Airspace Remains Safe
Cyprus' government has called for what it calls "illegal airports" on the island to close -- a reference to the Tymbou (Ercan in Turkish) facility in the island's Turkish-controlled zone.
According to local media, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou on Friday...
Europe
Greece-Turkey Tensions Part of International Plot, Claims Columnist
An opinion piece by a pro-government commentator in Turkey about tensions with Greece has raised eyebrows, coming just ahead of Thursday's fatal jet crash in the Aegean Sea.
In the article run by the Yeni Safak daily, a paper strongly supportive...
Diaspora
Self-Exiled Greeks Return to Visit their Home in Istanbul
Self-exiled Greeks returned for a visit to Istanbul this week decades after they were forced to leave their homes in fear of persecution and discrimination.
The Greeks, or 'Rums', returned to visit their old homeland under an initiative of the...
Europe
European Lawmakers to Discuss Greek Soldiers Held in Turkey
The protracted detention of two Greek servicemen by Turkey for entering its territory illegally will be discussed at the European Parliament's plenary session, convening from next Monday to Wednesday.
The discussion item is expected to be approved for inclusion in...
Europe
Turks Dancing the Syrtaki Dressed in Blue and White Causes Storm (video)
Some Turks have become enraged at the sight of the Greek syrtaki being performed at a festival at the Kadikoy district of Istanbul.
The festival devoted to traditional dances from around the world was apparently organized by the local branch...