Athens says Turkish objections to Greece’s spatial planning rules and maritime parks have no legal basis, while both countries continue to dispute maritime zones and sovereignty in the Aegean

The Greek PM reiterated that Greece is a peaceful country that poses no threat to anyone but will not accept orders from anyone.

Ibrahim Kalin met with the head of Greece's EYP and other unnamed officials last week in a visit that went entirely unannounced, Ta Nea reports, raising questions about whether he was relaying messages from Erdogan.

The Turkish president said Ankara would do “whatever is necessary” to defend what he described as Turkey’s rights, while calling for good-neighborly relations with Greece

The FDD Turkey Program director says renewed tensions in the Aegean should be read alongside Ankara’s moves in Cyprus, Libya and Syria, as well as President Erdogan’s increasingly confident relationship with Washington

Turkey sends diplomatic note to Athens reiterating its Aegean claims, while Greece insists its maritime initiatives fully comply with international law

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis is attending the EU's informal “Gymnich” meeting in Ireland, where he plans to discuss developments in the Middle East, Ukraine and what Athens describes as rising Turkish provocations

A Greek patrol vessel is shadowing the TÜBİTAK MARMARA after Turkey issued a NAVTEX covering waters southwest of the Greek island through September 15

Greece’s foreign minister says dialogue with Ankara remains essential while Athens prepares for potential tensions and expects work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity cable to begin in 2026

Four Greek F-16 fighter jets and the frigate Nikiforos Fokas will remain in Cyprus amid rising tensions linked to Iranian threats and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from Turkey

Until such goodwill is displayed by our eastern neighbors, the sale of F-35s to Turkey, as recently floated, or its inclusion in SAFE, would incentivize the continuation to the benefit of China, Russia and Hamas and ultimately, to our collective detriment

A Turkish Defense Ministry document says military activity by Greece and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean is being closely monitored amid growing concerns over possible crises in the region.

The “kavgas,” a Turkish word that did not lose its original meaning in Greek, just as “tsampoukas” and “ntais” did not. Kavga was always “kavgas.”

The timeline and geopolitics around Greece's "Hydrocarbons 2.0" plans in the Ionian and Crete, the status of the Great Sea Interconnector, and Turkey

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis says Athens will keep communication channels open with Ankara while defending its sovereign rights and responding to Turkish provocations if necessary.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a clear message to Turkey regarding Ankara's reaction to Greece's new spatial planning frameworks during a cabinet meeting

Nearly three years after the Athens Declaration sought to open a new chapter in bilateral ties, Ankara and Athens are once again facing growing tensions over maritime zones, sovereignty and competing regional ambitions

Still, the "calm waters" have grown murky. And it’s hard to see them running clear again, as long as Turkey continues to harbor grandiose ambitions

The critical question is why Turkey chose to deepen the crisis in relations with Greece at this particular moment

Yes, we want peace. But we want it from a position of strength. Dialogue with Turkey is not an invention of the present government. All Greek governments, since the restoration of democracy, have held talks with Turkey, at times in a disorderly and fruitless manner, with 64 rounds of exploratory contacts that contributed nothing substantive to strengthening our national positions.