The Greek Bishop Who Refused to Flee as 4,000 of His People Were Slaughtered
104 years ago this October, Metropolitan Gregorios of Kydonies was tortured and killed by Kemalist forces in Ayvalik, one of the final acts of the Asia Minor…
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Congress Moves to Block U.S. Arms Sales to Turkey Over Human Rights
U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation that would cut American military aid to Turkey unless Ankara can prove it has made real progress on human rights…
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Turkey’s New Claim: Aegean Islands Are “Greek Colonies” Like Ceuta
A narrative is spreading across Turkish social media comparing the Aegean islands to Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish-administered territories on the North…
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Greece Signs €3.5 Billion Israel Air Defense Deal to Counter Turkey
Greece has signed a €3.5 billion air defense deal with Israel, its biggest military procurement in years, aimed directly at countering Turkey’s expanding…
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Guterres Calls 5+1 Talks on Cyprus After Meeting Both Leaders
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Thursday he will convene a new round of informal 5+1 talks on the Cyprus problem, following separate meetings…
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Turkey Tells UN the 1974 Cyprus Invasion Was “Legal and Justified”
Turkey has formally submitted a letter to the United Nations declaring that its 1974 military operation in Cyprus was “legal and justified,” rejecting the…
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Guterres in Cyprus: “Only Cypriots Can Build Peace”
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Nicosia on Tuesday for a high-stakes round of diplomacy aimed at restarting Cyprus reunification talks…
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Cyprus Govt: Turkey’s Stubbornness Has Frozen Cyprus Talks Since 2021
Cyprus’s government spokesman Konstantinos Letympiотis placed blame for the stalled Cyprus reunification talks squarely on Ankara after Cypriot President Nikos…
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Orthodox Group: Turkey Is “Erasing Christian History” at Hagia Sophia
A US-based Orthodox Christian group has accused Turkey of deliberately erasing Hagia Sophia’s Christian identity six years after its 2020 conversion into an…
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Greece Signs €3.5B Israeli Air Defense Deal Targeting Turkish Threat
Greece is buying a multi-layered air defense system from Israel worth 3.5 billion euros, the largest defense procurement in the country’s recent history…
