Government of Turkey
A response to the 120 NGOs
Dear 120 human rights organizations, it was with surprise that I read your recent statement to the leaderships of Greece and the European Union, bombastically titled "Protect our laws and humanity!"
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Sakellaropoulou calls for full adherence to instructions on preventing Covid-19
In her first statements as Greece's new President, Katerina Sakellaropoulou called on citizens to follow instructions issued by the country's health authorities to the letter to prevent the further transmission of the new coronavirus which has claimed one victim.
Migrant arrivals on Greek islands remain limited
Just 61 refugees and migrants arrived at the islands of the northeastern Aegean by late Thursday, Greek authourities said.
Of those arrivals, 24 people reached northern Lesvos and 37 disembarked in Samos.
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In Greece, ‘Trained in Cruelty’
None of them knew what awaited them on the other side. Maybe they'd end up in jail on the Turkish side or fall prey to violent smugglers.
This was in 2006. Looking back, it seems like a happy era of order and predictability, as the world today seems to flirt with the abyss: economic insecurity, the epidemic of coronavirus and the biggest refugee crisis of the century.
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Turkish defense minister meets with British counterpart
Turkey's defense minister met with his British counterpart on March 12.
Hulusi Akar received Ben Wallace, who was in Ankara as an official guest, with a military ceremony, according to a statement from Turkey's Defense Ministry.
After the ceremony, Akar and Wallace held a meeting with their delegations.
Greeks are ‘Nazis,’ ‘fascists,’ ‘barbarians’
As far as Recep Tayyip Erdogan is concerned, it's not just German Chancellor Angela Merkel who's a Nazi; so is Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. And while French President Emmanuel Macron is "brain dead" and all Europeans are "fascists," Greeks are "barbarians." Once more, the Turkish president has gone too far, making vulgar accusations and comparisons to Nazi atrocities.
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Turkish drones game-changer for Russia in Syria: Report
Turkish military's "devastating display of power" with its effective domestic drone program against the Syrian regime in Idlib has changed the military equation against Russia, NATO officials said, according to a report.
The virus of division
At the risk of sounding tiresome or quirky - you choose - it seems self-evident to me that the last thing we need as a society is to be divided again. It would be easy for that to happen.
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Greece slams Turkish tactics off Kos as 'beyond any kind of European reasoning'
Greece's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hit out at Turkey after a video showed a Turkish Coast Guard vessel harassing a Greek one of the island of Kos and, apparently, ramming into its stern.
Foreign ministry slams Turkish tactics off Kos as 'beyond European limits and logic'
Greece's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday hit out at Turkey after a video showed a Turkish Coast Guard vessel harassing a Greek one of the island of Kos and, apparently, ramming into its stern.