Turkey

In Istanbul on Monday, Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos received the members of the national athletics team that participated in the World Indoor Championships. The Patriarch, who was aware of the gold medal won by Dimitris Hondrokoukis in the high jump event,...

Τurkey's Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz, told reporters in Antalya that his country is open to proposals concerning joint Greek-Turkish oil explorations in the Aegean, as long as such projects are joint. In fact, the Turkish Minister revealed that the issue...

The great singer Alcestis Protopsalti and the musician-composer Stephen Korkolis traveled to Istanbul, where they presented a musical performance titled ‘ One Piano, One Voice” in Halik Congress Centre. The concert which was originally planned for the 22th of October,...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said, during his meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and religious leaders on Saturday, that the discussions about problems in the region aim at providing the assurance that religious tolerance exists in Turkey". During the press conference Ahmet Davutoğlu commented...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew praised Metropolitan of Messinia, Chrysostomos for his contribution concerning the interreligious dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox Church. Ecumenical Patriarch stated: " Metropolitan of Messinia, Chrysostomos is a praiseworthy representative not only of the Greek Church but...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Patriarchate's Fanar district headquarters, after which the Patriarch expressed satisfaction at the change in the Turkish government's stance toward the ancient Patriarchate. The meeting was...

"A few hundred metres from the bustling Taksim Square in Istanbul, the sound of jackhammers reverberates through the street: demolitions in the nearby neighbourhood of Tarlabasi are under way despite legal objections from residents, architects, and human rights groups",...

Thirty eight skeletons found buried in the Turkish Diyarbakır Prison are believed to belong to missing Greeks and Greek-Cypriots after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. This shocking truth has been revealed by Eleni Theocharous, a Member of the...

A delegation formed by members of the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC), the Australian Hellenic Council (AHC) and the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) visited the Australian Parliament to inform the MPs of the “pillage of the Christian Church's...

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, D. Dollis, held a meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Fener, Istanbul, earlier Thursday morning, in which the two men discussed issues concerning the international activities of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Greek deputy also congratulated His...