Turkish Tourist Calls Greek Monument in British Museum “Stolen From Our Cities”
A Turkish woman visiting the British Museum went viral this week after filming herself in front of the Nereid Monument, a 4th-century BC Greek funerary…
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Trump Backs Turkey on F-35: “Nobody Tells Me What to Sell”
President Donald Trump pushed back hard on Monday against criticism of a potential F-35 sale to Turkey, telling reporters that no one gets to dictate his arms…
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The Treaty That Promised Greece Asia Minor, Then Vanished in Two Years
On July 28, 1920, exactly 106 years ago today, Eleftherios Venizelos signed the Treaty of Sèvres in a suburb of Paris, reshaping Greece into what supporters…
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724 Years Ago Today, Osman I Crushed Byzantium’s Last Stand in Asia Minor
On this day in 1302, the Battle of Bapheus dealt the Byzantine Empire a blow it would never recover from in Asia Minor. A Byzantine force of roughly 2,000 men…
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Greece Locks In €3.5B Israeli Air Defense Deal Targeting Turkish Threat
Greece has signed a €3.5 billion deal with Israel for a multi-layered air defense system, one of the largest defense procurements in Greek history, and Israeli…
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US Navy War Diaries Recorded the Pontic Genocide
American naval officers stationed in the Black Sea between 1919 and 1923 wrote down what they witnessed in their war diaries, and those records now serve as…
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Greece’s Achilles Shield: A €4.2B Bet on Independence
Germany’s Focus magazine is highlighting Greece’s “Achilles Shield” defense program, a 4.2 billion euro armament overhaul that is quietly reshaping Athens’…
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Koulas: “Brussels’ Silence on the Turkish Occupation of Cyprus Is Cowardice in a Diplomat’s Suit”
A senior aide in the European Parliament is calling out Brussels directly, saying the EU’s refusal to confront Turkey over its occupation of Cyprus amounts to…
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Treaty of Lausanne Signed 103 Years Ago Today. It Legally Sealed the Exile of Pontian Greeks Forever.
103 years ago today, on July 24, 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, and with it, the forced displacement of Pontian and Asia Minor Greeks became…
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Turkey Claims Trojan Revenge Over Greece. It Goes Back Centuries
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film has reignited a debate in Turkey that runs far deeper than cinema. Turkey’s Ragıp Soylu, bureau chief for Middle East Eye in…
