Turkey

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its refusal to continue the operation of the Greek Orthodox School, Halki Seminary, until the Fethiye Mosque opens once more for the Muslim population. The Deputy Minister, Metin Kulunk, stated during a...

  For the first time, Greece will be participating in a large tourism exhibition in Turkey, called the East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT). Greece will gather all its regional tourism sectors under one roof to organize extensive...

Turkish EU Minister Egemen Bağış hosted religious leaders and prominent figures from minority communities at a dinner, the Hurriyet Daily News reports. Speaking at the event, Bağış praised Turkey’s development in dealing with the problems of minorities and said issues...

“We never see Turkey as a competitor, we believe that the country is an important partner,” said the Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni. “We want to attract tourists from distant regions like China and India, who will also be visiting...

The Turkish government plans to turn the Monastery of Stoudios into a mosque. The monastery is one of the most important Byzantine monuments of Constantinople. The restoration of the building will end in 2014, and then it will be converted into a...

The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, submitted proposals to the United Nations for a peaceful solution for the Cyprus issue. During the G20 summit in St. Petersburg the Turkish Prime Minister met the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and...

TDuring her speech yesterday at the opening ceremony of the 29th International Tourism Exhibition “Philoxenia,”--which takes place from 21 to 24 November at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center--Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni announced the establishment of a Greek National...

The daughter of a Turkish F-16 pilot claims 650,000 euros compensation from Greece, for the death of her father. She claims that in 1996, her father was killed when his aircraft crashed with a rocket of the Greek aircraft...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc suggested last week, that he would like to see Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The diplomatic argument between Greece and Turkey continued this Wednesday with the announcement that the Turks have “nothing to...

The Greek Foreign Ministry reacted over an eventual converting of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum into a mosque, following statements from Turkish officials. The Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç especially expressed his hope to see Hagia Sophia Museum as a mosque,...