As Turkey and Greece prepare for talks to calm a bitter maritime dispute, Ankara released a video this week glorifying a 16th century naval victory which led to the Ottoman Empire taking control of …
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Macron warns Turkey on ‘warlike’ rhetoric
Image caption French President Emmanuel Macron has spoken of his concern at “rash and dangerous” statements from Turkey as clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region go on for a fourth day.
Spain rebuffs Turkey’s ‘unilateral’ gas search, backs Cyprus
Spain’s foreign minister says her country rejects Turkey’s unilateral search for energy reserves in the eastern Mediterranean and that negotiations are the proper way to resolve a territorial dispute …
Cyprus expects support from EU against Turkey at summit
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus expects support from its European Union partners against Turkey, its foreign minister said on Wednesday, as a divided bloc was set to meet to discuss possible sanctions …
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces fight new clashes, international tension mounts
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces fought new clashes on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since the mid-1990s, and France and Turkey traded recriminations as …
Macron criticises Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric on Nagorno-Karabakh
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday Turkey’s “warlike” rhetoric was encouraging Azerbaijan to reconquer Nagorno-Karabakh and that was unnaceptable, though he added that he had no proof …
Monitor: Turkey Sending Syrian Fighters to Azerbaijan
Several hundred Syrian fighters have been sent by Turkey to support Azerbaijan in its ongoing conflict with Armenia, according to a war monitor and a Syrian rebel commander. The Syrian Observatory …
Armenia accuses Turkey of downing warplane during Azerbaijan clashes
Armenia said Tuesday that a Turkish fighter jet had shot down one of its warplanes during heavy fighting with Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan, but Ankara fiercely denied the claim.
Planet earth to Turkish Finance Minister Albayrak
Failure by Turkey to get a handle soon on its currency crisis will certainly be bad for the Turkish economy. However, we would be making a mistake to think that a full-blown Turkish currency crisis …
Mike Pompeo praises Greece in shot across Turkey’s bow
Mike Pompeo has praised America’s relationship with Greece, describing a Nato base on Crete as home for an American warship and signalling a cooling of relations with Turkey.The US secretary of state …