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Erdogan: Issues of sovereignty do not harm dialogue

A few hours before welcoming Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Kathimerini about all the issues pertaining to the two countries’ bilateral relations.

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08.05.2024 / 14:47

Shadow cast over PM’s Ankara visit

In what is seen as a reflection of its inherently revisionist approach to Greek-Turkish relations, Ankara sent mixed signals just days before the planned meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Turkish capital. 

30.04.2024 / 16:58

‘Blue Homeland’ doctrine to be taught at Turkish schools

The “Blue Homeland” doctrine which envisages Turkish influence over large swaths of the Mediterranean and other seas at the expense of other countries in the region, including Greece, will be taught during the next school year, local media revealed.

18.03.2024 / 21:50

Erdogan: All Cyprus could have been ours

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan argued Monday that if Turkish forces had moved further south in 1974, then Cyprus might be all Turkish today.

04.03.2024 / 10:58

Greek-Turkish relations positive, but risk lurks

Greek-Turkish relations are going through a positive period, but it remains to be seen how long this can last, according to a high-ranking Turkish diplomat who spoke to Kathimerini at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday.

31.01.2024 / 09:01

US opens F-35 window to Ankara

Washington has reopened the window for Ankara’s return to the F-35 co-production program, on the well-known condition that it removes its Russian S-400 missile defense system from Turkey.

20.01.2024 / 11:10

Erdogan aims to entrench Blue Homeland

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear again on Friday that Ankara will do everything it can to entrench his “Blue Homeland” doctrine with a strong fleet, announcing several shipbuilding programs.

11.01.2024 / 08:00

Erdogan back to ‘Blue Homeland’

Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan reiterated his country’s determination to defend its “Blue Homeland” from the Aegean to the Eastern Mediterranean, stressing that Ankara has not “changed its axis,” but has created its own, which he called the “axis of Turkey.”

02.12.2023 / 13:15

Erdogan: ‘We will approach Athens with a win-win mindset’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed Turkey’s pursuit of “more friends and fewer enemies” ahead of his upcoming official visit to Athens for the Greece-Turkey High-Level Cooperation Council on December 7.

28.11.2023 / 07:57

Recep Tayyip Erdogan preparing for a lifetime in power

His aim is to no longer rely on the collaboration of nationalists, thus freeing himself from counterweights. Despite his rhetoric against Israel and his support for Hamas, there is a belief that he is attempting to maintain connections with the West. Opposition Turkish media are reposting that “the steps […]

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