Denktaş’s Son: “We Will Hang Our Flag in the South Too”
Serdar Denktaş, leader of the TAM Party in occupied northern Cyprus, grabbed a guitar at his party’s Famagusta Solidarity Night and sang a provocative song…
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Turkey Hikes Weapons Budget by 229% as It Eyes Greek Rearmament
Turkey has officially announced a 229% increase in its weapons procurement budget, bringing its total defense spending to 40 billion euros, according to an…
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Turkey Gets Full Libyan Cover for Drilling Rights East of Crete
Both Libyan governments have now approved the Turkey-Libya maritime deal, and Bloomberg reports it could open the door for Turkish drilling ships to move into…
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Cyprus Pays €25M for Greece-Cyprus Power Link, If Greek NAVTEX Lands by Month’s End
Cyprus is preparing to release €25 million toward the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), the undersea electricity cable that would end the island’s energy…
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Azerbaijan Charges Turkish Columnist With Plotting a Coup
Azerbaijan has issued an international arrest warrant for a Turkish newspaper columnist, charging him with repeatedly calling for a coup and the use of force…
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The Ottoman Commander Who Handed Thessaloniki to Greece, Then Died in Exile
114 years ago this month, Greek forces fought the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War at Giannitsa, a confrontation that determined whether Thessaloniki…
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Libya’s Parliament Approves Turkey Maritime Deal After Speaker Swap
Libya’s parliament has approved a maritime agreement with Turkey and revoked a 2020 boycott decision, according to two Libyan MPs who spoke to Reuters on…
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Turkey’s UAVs Hit the Aegean 37 Times in Two Days
Turkish drones swarmed the Aegean on back-to-back days this week, with Greek military authorities recording a total of 37 separate incidents across October 18…
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12 Migrants, Including an Infant, Die off Lesbos and Samos in One Day
Twelve migrants died in two separate speedboat capsizings off the Greek islands of Lesbos and Samos on Monday, October 19, with an infant among the dead. Two…
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Gerapetritis: “All of Hellenism Will Again Say the Big ‘No'”
Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis issued a sharp warning to Ankara on Sunday, invoking Greece’s most defiant historical symbol at a memorial event in…
