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415,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey since 2011: Ministry
More than 400,000 Syrian babies have been born in Turkey since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, said an official from Turkey's Interior Ministry.
Khashoggi's fiancee urges Washington to act on murder
Turkey's foreign ministry on June 19 called on all U.N. member states and international institutions to insist on carrying out the recommendations made in a report by a U.N. rights investigator on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Greece, Cyprus seeking EU summit support against Turkey
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras heads to Brussels on Thursday confident that the two-day summit of European Union leaders will agree to take specific measures against Turkey if it continues its "provocative" behavior within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Turning the Tables on Turkey’s Democracy
Following several turbulent years, which saw an escalation in domestic terrorism, regional security challenges, and an attempted coup in 2016, political pluralism and freedom of expression in Turkey have become increasingly constricted.
Former PM Pikrammenos to top ND’s nationwide list
Panagiotis Pikrammenos, a retired judge who briefly served as caretaker prime minister at the peak of Greece's economic crisis in 2012, is to top the nationwide party list of center-right New Democracy, ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed Wednesday.
Katrougalos discusses Turkey with Bolton
Greece's Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos discussed with US National Security Advisor John Bolton about Turkey's drilling activities in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ), state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported Wednesday.
Defense min: Greece takes necessary action to address Turkish provocations
Greece, along with Cyprus, the European Union and other international actors, is taking all necessary action to address Turkey's activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis said Wednesday.
He also spoke about the plan to reorganize the Armed Forces, noting their operational capabilities and dissuasive capacity.
Cavusoglu: Ankara seeks to defend Turkish-Cypriots’ rights in Cyprus’ EEZ
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has told the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean that Ankara's activity in the Exclusive Economic Zone [EEZ] of the Republic of Cyprus aims to "guarantee that the rights of the Turkish-Cypriots are accepted by the Greek-Cypriot administration, Greece, the EU, and everyone else".
Cyprus’ implied threat of veto key in EU Council decisions on Turkey
The EU General Affairs Council's harsh warning to Ankara and its decision to ask the European Commission to review possible sanctions against Turkey in response to its violation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus was in part shaped by the implied threat by Cyprus' Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulidis that he would not sign on to the Council's conclusions on EU enla
EU Council 'deplores' lack of response from Ankara over calls to cease Cyprus drilling
The Council of the European Union has expressed "serious concerns over Turkey's current illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and deplores that Turkey has not yet responded to the European Union's repeated calls to cease such activities."
European People's Party condemns Turkish East Med activities
New Democracy MEP Vangelis Meimarakis and his Cypriot counterparts, led by Lefteris Christoforou, secured on Wednesday the condemnation of the European People's Party of Turkish activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.
Complaints filed over pushback claims at Evros border
The Greek Council for Refugees has filed a complaint with the Supreme Court in Athens over claims of violent pushbacks at the northeastern Evros border with Turkey.
In an announcement on Wednesday, the GCR said that its complaint includes a file of evidence supporting the claims of several migrants and asylum seekers who said they were forced back over the border into Turkey.
Editorial: Energy roles and obligations
Only dreamers could have really believed that drilling for and exploiting hydrocarbons would have been an easy affair.
Similarly, one must view as dreamers those who envision global energy roles and loads of revenues without fully assuming the responsibilities that these roles entail.
Ankara only seeking to protect Turkish-Cypriot rights, says FM
The "only thing" that Ankara wants with its recent activities in the Eastern Mediterranean is to "guarantee that the rights of Turkish-Cypriots are accepted by the Greek-Cypriot administration, Greece, the EU and everyone else," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted by the state-run Anadolou Agency as saying on Wednesday.
EU exploring options over Turkey
Ahead of Thursday's summit in Brussels, the European Union is considering the imposition of sanctions on Turkey over its illegal drilling activities within Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ).