Episode four of “Explaining Greece” delves into the intricate history of Greek-Turkish relations, tracing their shared past through centuries of conflict, cooperation, and cultural exchange.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey should not be excluded from plans for a European security framework, adding that his country’s defense industry should also be included in EU procurements. His statements during a teleconference of non-EU member states, which included the heads of the European Union’s institutional bodies as well […]

A top US lobbyist this week touched on what he called Turkey’s increasingly problematic stance towards American and Western interests, in testimony before the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe. In his detailed statement, Jonathan Schanzer, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a conservative think tank, spoke to Committee […]

Initial 8.5-kilometer fence on Turkish side of the border in the Thrace province announced by Edirne governor

In a conversation with TO BHMA International edition, Harvard constitutional law professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos warns that Trump’s push for total control over the executive branch risks dismantling the modern American administrative state

Sources, as cited by reports from Ankara, claim an agreement for natgas exports 'threatens regional stability' and 'usurps' the rights of Turkish Cypriots

At the current geopolitical juncture, US-Turkey relations are an inordinately higher priority than those with Greece, primarily because of the need for cooperation in Syria, in which Ankara has sweeping influence and sway over the current “interim government”

Speaking at the 6th Delphi Forum in Washington D.C, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias underlined a key part of Athens’ strategic approach was to continue bolstering the already strong Greece-U.S. defense ties established during Trump’s first term which continued under Biden. Dendias reflected on the overly optimistic expectations that prevailed in the Western world at […]

In a wide-ranging interview, the former diplomat says that the referendum on Brexit was a very bad idea, as the result has harmed Britain economically and reduced its global influence

On January 31, 1996, Greece and Turkey came close to war over two uninhabited islets in the eastern Aegean. The incident, known as the Imia crisis, remains a landmark in often tense relations

A Turkish F-16 violated Greek airspace near Rhodes on the eve of the Imia crisis anniversary, the first such incident in nearly two years.

“Eskişehir does not only border its neighboring provinces. If one border of Eskişehir is Thessaloniki, the other border is Crimea," Erdogan said

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the national mourning in a statement on social media platform X, expressing solidarity with the families of the victims of the ski resort fire

Speaking at a book launch on Monday evening, Karamanlis, a former premier between 2004-2007, also repeated his view that negotiations with Turkey are not “a purpose unto itself”

As an event, the championship hosts thousands of spectators each year and features approximately 120 elaborately decorated camel contestants.

Rescue efforts were carried out amid chaotic scenes as smoke and flames engulfed the upper floors.

Ankara looks to incoming Trump administration for reversal of Biden strategic decision; Turkish press also irate over latest Cyprus development

Bahçeli is the head of the ultra-nationalist and extremist MHP party and an Erdogan government coalition partner

'Blue Homeland' exercise, a reference to Turkey’s expressed expansionist and revisionist policies, involves 20,000 military personnel, 87 warships, seven submarines, seven unmanned naval vehicles, 31 aircraft, and is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 16.