Greece-Turkey relations

This landmark development is more than just a bureaucratic step — it's a strategic declaration about how Greece intends to use, protect, and assert control over its seas.

Greece’s EYP is reportedly investigating at least 130 real estate transactions, not only across Thrace but also on sensitive islands, including Lesvos, Samos, Kos, Leros, Kalymnos, and Rhodes.

Analysts have repeatedly pointed out that Ankara often frames the seminary’s reopening as part of Greek-Turkish relations—though it is fundamentally a separate issue.

It was agreed that the next meeting between Gerapetritis and Fidan will take place during the informal NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, scheduled for May 14–15.

Speculation suggests potential solutions such as partially dismantling the system or relocating it to a U.S. military base within Turkey.

Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis first reiterated that any “curtailment of the Rule of Law cannot be tolerated,” while saying the political situation in Turkey appears as fluid and concerning

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.

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

Official relations between Athens and Ankara have dramatically improved over the past year and a half after a nearly three-year "freeze"

George Gerapetritis confident ambitious GSI project will proceed without objections by Turkey; cites clear protection under Interntional law

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”

While coming from unnamed sources, the purported comments relate to the latest instance of attempted Turkish interference in a maritime zone claimed by Greece as forming its prospective EEZ

Latest incident north of Crete, in international waters, has a lone Turkish corvette monitoring two maritime vessels, including the Ievoli, conducting research for the GSI project

Regarding regional matters, Gerapetritis and Fidan exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, in light of the Greek minister's upcoming tour in the region.

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.

Greek MD sources said Greek Armed Forces served as guarantors of our [Greek] national sovereignty and sovereign rights

'We did, indeed, disagree. We disagreed without concessions, without backtracking, without a reduction in sovereignty,' Greek FM George Gerapetritis said in Parliament

In the Vima article, Ex-premier and ND leader Antonis Samaras also calls for the resignation of FM Gerapetritis, saying he's shown appeasement vis-a-vis Turkish provocations

HABERLER headlines the news: "Greece, alongside Israel, to develop a $2 billion anti-aircraft system,"