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Summit of transactions – Erdogan and Trump
Agorajuncture, with Ankara deepening its clampdown on dissent while seeking external wins abroad... F-16 package. Ankara has already pared back US upgrade kits in favor of local solutions, but the new... exports. By contrast, talk of Turkey’s return to the F-35 program is unlikely to go beyond optics. Ankara
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Athens buoyed by EU, US support over maritime spat with Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyinterferes with the rights of other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. However, Ankara... contradicts Ankara’s claims. US experts who studied the memorandum of understanding reject Turkey’s claims... with the measures and sanctions that the EU adopted during previous EU Councils deploy against Ankara for its
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FM rallies opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as Athens prepares for EastMed signing
PoliticsForeign Policyfrom Ankara’s side, especially following the signing of two memoranda with Libya. In this context... claim that this major energy project will certainly make it more difficult for Ankara to create a fait... of its Exclusive Economic Zone with Egypt and Italy. Technical teams are expected to visit Rome
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Turkey's Varosha move adds new complexity to Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policymilitary zone since the 1974 invasion and has been widely viewed as a leverage for Ankara in any future...Exactly 47 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Ankara sought to leave its mark for the 20... of the UN Security Council. Both the US and the EU seem extremely annoyed that Ankara has gone back
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Athens harbours big hopes for Egypt energy deal, keeps eye on Turkey's role
PoliticsForeign Policyis watching with interest the recent Cairo-Ankara rapprochement. The Greek government was pleased to see that Soukry’s visit to Ankara was preceded by his visit to Athens and Nicosia which, according... the Republic of Cyprus. It should be noted that Egypt has an exclusive economic zone agreement
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Mitsotakis prepares to meet Erdogan, hoping to build on recent momentum
PoliticsForeign Policyof the NATO Summit in June. Their latest talks take place just a few weeks following the meeting in Ankara... negotiations with Ankara. Asked on Sunday whether there is indeed a prospect of concessions “for the sake... discussion with Turkey are only the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the continental shelf
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Competing claims and narratives in Eastern Mediterranean
Agoraand Turkey agree that it is disputed: the delimitation of the continental shelf/Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ... a maximalist position makes the landing zone for potential compromises much smaller and thus the resolution... as not real journalism and an absolute disgrace for the paper for allegedly having pro-Ankara
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Tsipras eyes movement on EEZ after second Greece, Cyprus and Egypt pact
PoliticsForeign Policyon maritime and energy issues, remains a stumbling block towards opening up this process to Ankara... with Turkey further by delineating its maritime zone with Greece. Diplomatic sources suggest that Tsipras’s... of antagonising Turkey but the decision to mark out their EEZs in areas where Ankara has no claims
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In Erdogan's shadow
Agoraas adding to the momentum built up by the formulation of the EU-Turkey Action Plan to provide Ankara... created more problems for those trying to get Ankara to conform. For Greece, the inclusion of the far... Economic Zone (EEZ). "With Turkey the issue is more complicated," he said. "We are expecting a new
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Newsletter 63 - 19/02/2016
, especially compared to the past. After all, Tsipras visited Ankara recently and meetings of the High-Level... was the latest escalation involving Ankara, which was already in a fully-fledged clash with Russia... by Turkish air force jets over recent months is seen as one of the symptoms of Ankara feeling penned
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