Afro-Eurasia

Greek military analysts believe Turkey is raising tensions in the Aegean Sea because it found itself cornered on the Syrian front. According to their analysis, Turkey is becoming more aggressive against Greece, as its ambitions in Syria have been railed back after the US and Russia have abandoned Erdogan in the east.

A recent downward trend in Turkish tourism has resulted in noteworthy job losses in the industry, with Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) figures showing that accommodation and tour-operating businesses have seen the most damage. 

According to information that has surfaced, the US have made an attempt to reduce the tensions in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey. A few days ago Washington seeked out a diplomatic access to Ankara in order to adopt a less aggressive stance towards Greece.

Washington appears to have activated a channel of communication with Ankara in a bid to reduce the recent spike in tensions with Greece in the Aegean Sea.

The U.S.-based Procter and Gamble (P&G) has made its 250 million-Turkish lira ($70 million) investment in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's Gebze district online and signaled new investments, as reported by Reuters on Feb. 28. 

Turkey's exports started the year with a significant increase, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Feb. 28.        

The market for smuggled cellphones has increased sevenfold over the last five years in Turkey, amid rising taxes and exchange rates, the head of the Mobile Communication and Informatics Technologies Association said on Feb. 27. 

Greece said on Friday it was expecting an extradition request from Turkey for two Turks who had claimed asylum and were suspected by Turkish authorities of a link to a coup attempt last July.

The two, who appeared to be members of the military, have been held at an undisclosed location in northern Greece since applying for asylum on February 20.

Serbia's Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic says Turkey is "one of the most active countries lobbying for Kosovo's UNESCO membership."

He attributed this to Turkey's "strategy of Neo-Ottomanism."

Bosnian and Albanian have been added to the list of foreign languages available to be taught at secondary schools by the Turkish Education Ministry, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 23.

The ministry added the two languages as electives of "Living Languages and Dialects" subject.