22.10.2022
Op-ed: For the West, Erdogan is one thing, Turkey is another
If a minister of a foreign country visits Turkey or meets with a Turkish official, that is automatically and wrongly interpreted through the prism of Greek-Turkish relations.
Erdogan
26.09.2022
Editorial: Composure in dealing with Turkey
The Greek PM reminded his UN audience, with seriousness that Turkey’s effort to dispute Greek national sovereignty has its limits, and is a clear and inviolable red line.
24.08.2022
Editorial: Realism needed in dealing with Turkey
Turkish analysts are noting that Erdogan is lagging in the polls on next June’s general elections, and everyone is wondering what means he might employ in order to remain in power.
21.08.2022
Editorial: Erdogan’s multiple fronts
The Greek government is ready to respond to any provocation, but it has no reason to allow itself to be dragged into a competition of aggressiveness.
09.08.2022
Editorial: Composure
Under no circumstances will our country’s stance be determined by the actions of Turkey, nor will Greece allow itself to be exploited by Erdogan’s games.
08.08.2022
Editorial: A serious mistake
The Turkish president speaks the same language as his Russian counterpart. He, too, would like to be proclaimed a life-long president. He, too, dreams of empire.
13.07.2022
Editorial: Geopolitical shifts
We no longer live in a bipolar world. There are constant geopolitical shifts and it is not at all clear that democracies have the upper hand.
11.07.2022
Mike Pompeo: ‘I am concerned about a long-term structural shortage of energy resources’
The former US Secretary of State says Erdogan’s tactics ‘do not befit good neighbourly relations between two NATO member states’, only way to confront Putin ‘adequate show of force’.
02.07.2022
Editorial: The message
Turkey has every right to be concerned about its security, but its leader does not have the right to interpret international treaties any way that suits him.
29.06.2022
Greece, Turkey declare their satisfaction with results of NATO summit
Erdogan clearly indicated that he got what he wanted from the deal regarding Sweden and Finland, and that declared he would leave the summit with his 'hands full'.
30.05.2022
Editorial: Maintaining composure in Greek-Turkish relations
PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ trip to Washington triggered hostile outbursts against him from Ankara, which is attempting to exploit current challenges to its benefit.
18.01.2022
Editorial: Vigilance
The new tension concern how Turkey is banking on the new, fluid geopolitical terrain in the Southeastern Mediterranean and more broadly.
25.11.2021
Editorial: Turkey’s lonesomeness
The Ruler of Dubai was received in Ankara yesterday as a messiah, with the hope that investment will save Turkey from economic disaster. However, few economists believe that.
24.11.2021
Editorial: Turkey’s domestic, foreign crises
Greece has a duty to staunchly declare that it is a member of the EU and of NATO, and a constant, stabilising factor in the Southeastern Mediterranean, in contrast with Turkey.
20.11.2021
Editorial: European sovereignty
The EU expresses its solidarity with Poland as regards the emergency conditions at its borders, but also does not back off from its demand for the rule of law to be respected in Belarus.
18.11.2021
Greece accuses Sanchez of ignoring EU decisions after agreement to sell aircraft carrier to Turkey
Sanchez extolled the level of Spain-Turkey bilateral ties, noting, 'As my friend [Mr] Erdogan said, there are few countries that have such meetings at the highest level.'
11.11.2021
Erdogan says Greece is ‘ungrateful’ to Turkey on refugee issue, says ‘all of Greece a US base’
'Unfortunately, Alexandroupolis is not just one base – all of Greece has been transformed into a US base. I did not manage to count how many American bases there are in Greece,' Erdogan said.
10.11.2021
Editorial: The predictably unpredictable Mr. Erdogan
Erdogan has often demonstrated that the only way he knows to address domestic problems is through aggressiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean and elsewhere.
