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Turkey and Greece maintain post-disaster diplomacy after train crash
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered condolences to his Greek counterpart, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos…
Ultranationalist leader backs Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for Turkish presidency
Victory party’s leader says he and Kılıçdaroğlu have signed agreement to deport refugees and not reinstate Kurdish mayors…
Turkey, Greece take strides in Ankara meeting as aid diplomacy continues
Aegean frenemies Turkey and Greece seem determined to ride the momentum of post-disaster diplomacy as the deputy foreign ministers of…
Turkey’s election gives Greece a migraine
After Turks themselves, Greeks will be the closest observers of Sunday’s Turkish election and they have few illusions…
Turkey’s anti-Erdoğan opposition vows a reset on EU and NATO
Turkey’s opposition is confident it can unfreeze European Union accession talks and will end Ankara’s veto on NATO…
Australians from former British colonies may be the deciding factor in Voice referendum
Theo Theophanous, the head of the Cypriot community in Melbourne, argues that shared experiences of British colonial occupation…
On World Refugee Day: Syria is Still Unsafe, The Return of Millions of Refugees Hinges on Realizing a Democratic Political Change
On June 20, the international community observes World Refugee Day, a most appropriate occasion for the Syrian Network…
Syriza shifts further to right in Greece, as conservative New Democracy set to win general election
The second round of Greece’s general election takes place Sunday with the conservative New Democracy (ND) expected to…
Turkey and Greece: neighbours who are miles apart economically
Neighbours geographically, economically the contrast between Greece and Turkey could not be starker. They are small markets in…
What Erdoğan’s re-election means for NATO and Ukraine
On May 28, incumbent Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan beat opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round…