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Greek-Turkish relations at standstill as Athens counters Ankara's claims
PoliticsForeign Policyby President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan said last week that Turkey had cancelled the High-Level Strategic... indicated that it would support Erdogan if he decided to go through with a threat to challenge... by Erdogan and his main political ally, MHP’s Devlet Bahceli. The latest accusation Turkey made against
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Attention turns to next steps in solidifying Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign PolicyMinister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Athens last Thursday... visit took place six years to the day after Erdogan last flew into Athens and inaugurated a stalled... who cross the sea and drown in the river,” Erdogan said after talks with Mitsotakis. “We want
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In 2024, Greece and Turkey look to build on diplomatic progress made in previous months
PoliticsForeign Policy. The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkish President last May was welcomed in Athens. In fact... Mitsotakis and Erdogan last July on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius paved the way... Erdogan’s visit to Athens on December 7. During that visit both countries signed up (via the Athens
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Davutoglu departure prompts concern about Turkish unpredictability in Athens
PoliticsForeign Policyfollowing a major row with president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Athens is concerned with this sudden... conducts the so-called "exploratory" talks with Greece and has enjoyed Erdogan’s confidence for many... countries. Erdogan, though, does not seem to share the same enthusiasm, as was the case in 2011 when
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Sealing our borders, closing our minds
Agora) of the calculated and abhorrent way in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can act. But it also... challenge it has created. We can decry Erdogan’s tactics but the fear, division and cynicism... in Idlib, may seem like the only option to show Erdogan that he is not calling the shots, but in reality
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Verbal exchanges with Turkey intensify, but voters still largely focussed on inflation
PoliticsGreek Politicsby Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, but concern about the cost-of-living crisis still outweighs... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official account to “avoid dreams, statements and actions... exercises and Greek claims to including the island of Kastellorizo (which Erdogan referred to by its
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Middle East and F-35s top agenda during Blinken's talks with Mitsotakis
PoliticsForeign PolicyPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul and then, in Crete, with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis... region. In his talks with Erdogan, it seems that the most difficult issue was Turkey’s effort... of their concession would go to Congress along with Greece’s bid for F-35s. The question is how Erdogan will act
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EU-Turkey refugee agreement: A life saver or a dud?
AgoraTayyip Erdogan is committed to pushing his country towards membership of the EU, nor that this is what the majority of Turks want. On this point, the Europeans have little, if any, leverage over Erdogan..., or downright aversion, to accepting migrants or people seeking asylum, Erdogan will always have the upper
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Impasse in Cyprus talks puts Athens and Ankara on the spot
PoliticsForeign Policyand Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could meet in early December to discuss Cyprus...-mediated process to resolve the decades-old dispute on the island. During a telephone call with Erdogan... between Athens and Ankara on the issue of guarantees. It is not expected that Erdogan’s latest
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Greece waits for tangible outcome from EU's symbolic backing over border crisis
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe EU on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Mitsotakis will be most interested in. Amid suggestions that Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin may try to broker a deal for a safe zone... by giving migrants and refugees free passage to the Greek border. In Greece, the feeling is that Erdogan
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