Turkey’s president urged greater defense cooperation within the alliance, saying restrictions between members risk creating divisions as NATO pushes for stronger capabilities

The Greek prime minister emphasizes stronger European defense and Greece's role as a reliable ally as NATO leaders gather to advance a new 5% defense spending target

They cite restrictions still in effect over Ankara's purchase of Russia's S-400 system

Between F-35 sales and CAATSA, to a Hormuz naval coalition and Canada's $12B sub deal, allies show new defense muscle at the Ankara summit

Greece's delegation reached Ankara for the NATO summit as Rutte unveiled a 40 billion dollar defense package involving several allied nations

Erdogan wants defense industry deals from Washington and a public signal that Turkey is indispensable to NATO, as Athens watches closely from the sidelines

Renewed optimism surrounds the reopening of the Halki Theological Seminary, as Ankara signals fresh momentum ahead of the Trump–Erdoğan meeting at the NATO summit.

Athens and Nicosia feature in Tel Aviv's security architecture amid escalating tension with Turkey

The US administration presses ahead with a GE engine sale for Turkey’s nascent KAAN fighter program despite objections tied to Ankara’s purchase of the Russian S-400 system, regional disputes and mounting concerns over Turkish President Erdogan’s authoritarian drift

Greece and Turkey's fragile diplomacy faces a serious test as Ankara prepares legislation codifying its revisionist claims over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean

The meeting in Ankara focused on efforts to reopen the historic Orthodox theological school, as dialogue continues between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Turkish government

Turkish president says threats to Syria, Lebanon and Turkish Cypriot interests would draw a strong response; Netanyahu brands Erdogan an 'antisemitic tyrant' in sharp rebuttal

Le Pen and Erdogan feed each other without affection. Erdogan pressures Europe; Le Pen gains an exhibit. Le Pen weakens Europe; Erdogan gains space

Bloomberg reports Turkey is preparing legislation to formally codify its maritime claims in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, raising regional tensions

According to the Turkish outlet Daily Sabah, Erdogan said any foreign troop deployments linked to ongoing Middle East conflict should be temporary and not evolve into a 'permanent presence'

War draws the eye. Strategy moves elsewhere. While the world watches one battlefield, maps change. The eastern Mediterranean is one.

Mitsotakis and Erdogan met in Ankara earlier this month for the sixth High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey

Mitsotakis’ meeting with Erdogan was a must. The previous summit in New York had been postponed in complex circumstances and their relationship had essentially remained on ice for the past year. It was right to pick up the thread again from somewhere.  In the end, the meeting proved useful.   Nothing was settled and no breakthroughs […]

Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis emphasizes calm bilateral relations, stronger defense, and international diplomacy, while reaffirming Greece’s focus on legal solutions and energy and military initiatives amid recent talks with Turkey