Turkey

  The European Parliament sealed a deal on Wednesday, between the EU and Turkey regarding immigration issues. The agreement was signed last year in December. This bilateral pact is called “readmission” agreement and obliges its signatories to take back migrants entering...

The Turkish State is trying to find a way to reinstate Greek nationals who were forced to leave Turkey 50 years ago as part of the population exchange between Turkey and Greece. The chairman of the Istanbul Greek Universal Federation,...

The annual conference of the Federation of Cyprus Communities of Australia and New Zealand, the Pan-Australian Justice for Cyprus Coordinating Committee (PASEKA) and the Cypriot Youth (NEPOMAK) was held between February 14 and 16, in Melbourne. This year’s conference was...

Russell Crowe's new movie "The Water Diviner" is based on a script written by screenwriter Andrew Anastasios who has collaborated with the world-famous producer and writer, Andrew Knight. Crowe will participate as a director and lead-actor in the movie. Anastasios' script...

The Greek community of Istanbul has turned to the Turkish Court asking for the return of three orthodox churches and many other properties that were given by the Turkish state in the so-called ''Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate" which isn't recognized...

A group of archeologists recently discovered a Church on the shore of the Lake İznik. İznik, historically known as ancient city of Greece called  Nicaea, is a town and an administrative district in the Province of Bursa, Turkey. The town lies in...

According to the annual report of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released on Thursday, January 30 by the president of the Court Dean Spielmann, Greece is in 7th place for recorded human rights violations. In particular, the annual...

  A conference on “Legal entities of non-Muslims: problems and rights” organized by Istanbul Bilgi University was held in Istanbul for the purpose of discussing legal issues that concern the non-Islamic communities in Turkey. The conference was attended many lawyers,...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced their decision earlier on Tuesday, condemning Turkey for violating the right to property, in the case concerning the refusal of the Turkish authorities to recognize the inherited property of a Greek...

Alper Sunaçoğlu, a veteran Turkish swimmer stated that he wants to swim from Smyrna to Athens in order to contribute to Greek-Turkish relations. However Sunaçoğlu didn’t receive the support he expected from the Swimming Federation in Turkey, so he...