Greek–Turkish relations

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said he will visit Greece on May 31 for talks with his Greek counterpart.

The minister confirmed his visit with the state broadcaster TRT on May 26.

Turkey is in favor of a peaceful resolution of problems with Greece within the framework of international law and good neighborly relations, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on May 22.

Ankara on May 22 urged Athens to end its denial of the identity of Turkish minority living in Greece.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on May 20 said Turkey and Greece would have a meeting next week as part of confidence-building measures between the two neighbors.

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Greece clashed openly on Thursday at a joint news conference in Ankara that began with hopes of improved relations but quickly descended into acrimonious accusations from both sides.
Seeking to ease months of tensions over territorial disputes in the eastern Mediterranean, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met

Turkish Foreign Ministry on April 7 condemned the Greek deputy foreign minister's remarks against Turkey and its president.

Turkey and Greece held the 62nd round of talks in the Greek capital Athens on March 16. 

The consultative talks are focused on resolving bilateral disputes in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, including achieving fair and equitable settlements to issues in the Aegean that began in 2002.

In what is seen as a major diplomatic game unfolding in the Eastern Mediterranean, the fate of the Cyprus issue remains at the forefront.

An important step is the informal five-day meeting on the Cyprus issue that will take place in early March. It remains unclear if the 62nd round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey will take place before this meeting.

Turkey's projection of military might in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea and its months-long provocations against the sovereign rights of Greece and the Republic of Cyprus led both to the restart of exploratory talks between Athens and Ankara and to the "five-plus-United Nations" meeting between the leaders of the two Cypriot communities and the guarantor powers - Greece, Turkey an

Manfred Weber, the leader of the European People's Party group in the European Parliament and a Member of the European Parliament since 2004, joins The Greek Current to discuss the EU-Turkey relationship and where it is heading, his view on the talks between Greece and Turkey and the need for Ankara to take concrete steps to show it is serious about conflict resolution, and more.