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Athens turns its attention to settling differences with Albania
PoliticsForeign Policysaw Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the clear winner did not surprise Athens. In fact, Kotzias... not hold out hope that a victory for Erdogan’s rivals would be positive for Greece. “The opposition in Turkey and the way it handles Greek-Turkish relations is sometimes worse than Erdogan.” The issue
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Territorial waters, hydrocarbon research cause friction between Athens and Ankara
PoliticsForeign Policyin Turkey's foreign policy as he is considered Recep Tayyip Erdogan's closest aide." Following the adoption of the new presidential system in Turkey, Erdogan is fully responsible for the country's... Turkey for a meeting with Erdogan, we understand it would be difficult for this to take place under
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Shifting geopolitical balance in East Med presents prospects and pitfalls
PoliticsForeign PolicyTayyip Erdogan has been viewing the US and its role in his country and Syria, especially... after Erdogan pledged to turn Agia Sofia from a museum into a mosque. Other parties, like the MHP nationalist or even the CHP, have also been calling Erdogan not to be conciliatory on issues related
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Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void
PoliticsForeign Policywith Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, the MoU is by null and void, and only creates greater... meeting with Erdogan to smooth things over. Following the talks, the Greek Prime Minister said that he... he had an “open discussion” with Erdogan during which he discussed with the Turkish leader all
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Newsletter 260 -31/07/2020
for one month. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin... Angela Merkel called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the hours after Ankara made its maritime... that Germany also holds the EU presidency, that has the necessary weight to have an impact on Erdogan’s
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Poor prospects for new version of Greek-Turkish 'earthquake diplomacy'
PoliticsForeign Policysaid in a tweet last Friday following his telephone call to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan... a similar telephone conversation with Erdogan in January, when yet another quake hit Turkey, as well... November 14. On Sunday, Erdogan reiterated that the Oruc Reis, along with the Barbaros and Fatih
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Athens trying to step up Western Balkans engagement to counter Turkey's influence
PoliticsForeign Policyin the wider region as the recent visits by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Albania... Cooperation Council, Erdogan said he and Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic agreed on Tuesday... on Tuesday, Erdogan was quoted by local media as saying Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Republica
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Turkish truculence added to factors being considered as PM weighs up snap polls
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued more warning to Greece over the weekend and blasted Mitsotakis as an unreliable interlocutor. This was the latest outburst against the Greek PM from Erdogan, who... between the two votes. The Greek side finds it difficult to predict Erdogan’s behaviour
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Athens ponders latest diplomatic moves by Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyon August 9, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brushed aside the Greek and Greek Cypriot administrations... situation in the region. Turkey’s President Erdogan has tried for some time to restore relations... and his aim not to leave Ankara out of any future energy project. In this context, Erdogan has tried
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ND sees limited political threats on path to next year's elections
PoliticsGreek Politicsa potential aggressor closer to home, in the form of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who continues... to meet Erdogan in Prague this week, at the sidelines of the meeting of the European Political Community. Mitsotakis has responded directly to Erdogan’s comments over the past few weeks, accusing him
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