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Greece denizenizes man sought by Türkiye

A Turkish citizen sought with red notice for running online gambling has been granted citizenship from Greece.

Yaşam Ayavefe, who is accused of "conducting websites for illegal gambling and betting," was caught by Greek police in February 2019.

Ankara asked Athens for extradition, but Greece gave Ayavefe, also a North Cyprus citizen, migrant status in October 2019.

Greek President: Support for dialogue with Turkey, military ready at any moment

Amidst Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent barrage of invective against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with whom he refuses to speak, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou reached out to Turkey for a restart of an earnest dialogue based on international law.

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