Rubin to Congress: “Turkey’s Occupation of Cyprus is a Land Grab, Not a Rescue”
A Middle East Forum scholar told Congress this week that Turkey’s justification for occupying northern Cyprus is, in his words, “ahistorical nonsense,” and he…
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Hatzivasileiou: “Turkey Cannot Access EU Defense Funds While Occupying Cyprus”
Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tassos Hatzivasileiou drew a hard line at the Athens Defence Conference on Monday, stating that any country illegally…
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The Pontic Greek Who Ran the Ottoman Empire’s Foreign Policy
Panagiotis Nikousios is one of the most important Greek figures of the 17th century, yet almost nobody outside academic circles knows his name. Born into the…
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Greece Mourns the Pontian Genocide on May 19. Turkey Celebrates the Opposite.
A sharp opinion piece published by The Times of Israel, written by Shay Gal, is making waves across diplomatic circles, and its central argument cuts deep…
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US Lawmakers Move to Block Turkey’s F-35 Return
American lawmakers are working to build a congressional firewall against Turkey rejoining the F-35 program, after President Trump left the door open to a new…
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Turkey on Israel’s Armenian Genocide Vote: “Covering Up Its Own Crimes”
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry fired back at Israel on Sunday after the Israeli government formally recognized the Armenian Genocide, calling the move a political…
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Israel Unanimously Recognizes Armenian Genocide, Defying Turkey
Israel’s government voted unanimously on Sunday to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide, a direct challenge to Turkey, which has long rejected the term and…
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Trump and Erdogan Meet at NATO Summit. F-35s and Europe’s Future on the Table
The NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8 is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in the alliance’s recent history, and the Greece-Turkey dynamic is only…
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Turkish Mob Hit in Athens: Gunman Fired 7 Shots at Asylum Seeker
A 25-year-old Turkish man was shot dead in broad daylight in Athens’ Exarchia district on June 13, and Greek police now believe it was a mob hit ordered by…
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Greek American Institute to Trump: “Block the F110 Engine Sale to Turkey”
The American Hellenic Institute sent a formal letter to President Trump this week urging him to block a proposed $700 million sale of GE Aerospace F110 engines…
