Turkiye-Greece relations

Greece

Euroviews. Earthquake response proved that Greeks and Turks can be united as one

My hopes are that the youth in both countries will grow up seeing their neighbours as sisters and brothers who just happen to speak a language different that their own, Marcos Moschovidis writes.

23/02/2023

Libya

Greek foreign minister refuses to leave his plane on visit to Tripoli

Dendias was about to be welcomed by his Tripoli counterpart, which Athens says was not agreed on.

17/11/2022

Greece

UN 'distressed' after Greece finds 92 naked migrants on Turkish border

Athens accused Turkey of "instrumentalising illegal immigration", while Ankara hit back at Greek "manipulation" in the two countries' latest row over migration.

16/10/2022

Greece

Girl confirmed dead as Greece finds 38 migrants near Turkish border

The UN says the group of 35 Syrians and three Palestinians had been stranded for several days in a restricted military zone.

16/08/2022

World News

Greece demands answers over map that shows islands as Turkish

The controversial map was gifted to an ally of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

11/07/2022

Greece

Greece prevents 1,130 migrants crossing Aegean Sea from Turkey

Athens has regularly accused Ankara of violating international law and helping migrants cross the border.

27/06/2022

World News

Turkey and Greece in fresh clash over Aegean Sea islands

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece to demilitarise islands, tweeting in both English and Greek.

10/06/2022

Greece

Greek coastguard intercepts hundreds of migrants arriving from Turkey

Athens says it had blocked the largest single migrant crossing attempt this year.

23/05/2022

World News

Greece and Turkey accuse each other's military of airspace violations

The two NATO countries have long-standing sea and air boundary disputes.

29/04/2022

Greece

Two men held in Greece after crossing border in 'motorised paraglider'

The men were rescued by local fishermen over the weekend after their light aircraft crashed.

18/04/2022

Greece

Migrant found shot dead near Turkish border, say Greek police

An investigation has been launched into the incident, which occurred late on Saturday.

18/04/2022

Greece

Turkey accuses Greece of using excess force against fishing boats

Greece said they fired warnings shots at Turkish ships that had refused to leave Greek waters in the Aegean Sea.

23/02/2022

Greece

Greek border guards face fresh claims of illegal migrant pushbacks

Asylum seekers say two men drowned after they were thrown into the sea by Greek authorities.

18/02/2022

Europe News

Greek parliament approves major arms deals with France

NATO members Greece and Turkey remain at odds over maritime boundaries and mineral exploitation rights in the Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.

16/02/2022

Turkey

Protesters in Istanbul condemn migrant deaths near border with Greece

Earlier this week, 19 migrants were found frozen to death near Turkey's border with Greece.

05/02/2022

Turkey

Nineteen migrants found frozen to death in Turkey near Greek border

Turkey has regularly accused Athens of illegally pushing back migrants trying to cross into Greece.

02/02/2022

Greece

Three children among victims as migrant dinghy sinks near Greece

At least three migrant children have died after a dinghy capsized near the coast of Turkey, according to Greek authorities.

26/10/2021

Greece

Greece to bolster border with Turkey over Afghanistan migration fears

Greece will deploy a further 250 officers to its land border with Turkey, the country's interior ministry has said.

11/10/2021

Turkey

Several migrants missing after boat sinks off Greek islands

A boat carrying 45 migrants is sinking near Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, Turkey’s defense ministry has said.

23/07/2021

World

Greek, Turkish leaders to meet on NATO summit sidelines amid tensions

Turkey's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, is in Greece for talks with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendias.

31/05/2021