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Turkey urges France to refrain from escalating Mediterranean tensions
Aug 15, 2020 01:51Turkey has urged France to refrain from escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, following the French government’s announcement of a plan to increase military presence in the area in support of Ankara’s regional rival Greece.
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Erdogan: Greece’s attack on Turkish ship in Mediterranean to incur ‘heavy price'
Aug 14, 2020 08:01Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Greece against any attack on the country’s vessel engaged in energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, amid Ankara’s heightened tensions with Athens over oil and gas prospection in disputed waters in the sea.
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Dialogue sole solution to dispute with Greece in eastern Mediterranean: Turkish president
Aug 13, 2020 12:25President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the only solution to Turkey's dispute with EU member Greece over Turkish oil and gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean is through negotiation.
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Turkey interested in dialogue with Greece on gas exploration in eastern Mediterranean: Minister
Aug 12, 2020 11:19Turkey’s Defense Minister says his country is interested in resolving a dispute with Greece over energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean through dialogue.
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Floods in Greek island leaves five dead, two missing
Aug 09, 2020 12:01Five people including a baby died and two more were missing as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek island of Evia, damaging dozens of houses and blocking roads, officials said Sunday.
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Turkey’s Erdogan denounces Greece-Egypt maritime deal as ‘worthless’
Aug 08, 2020 00:53Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced a maritime deal between Greece and Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean as “worthless,” saying his country will resume its controversial oil and gas exploration in the area.
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Turkey suspends Mediterannean oil research plan as goodwill gesture to Greece
Jul 29, 2020 02:03Turkey says it has suspended plans for seismic research for oil in the eastern Mediterranean Sea as a goodwill gesture amid ongoing talks with neighboring Greece.
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Hagia Sophia prayers ignites war of words between Turkey, Greece
Jul 25, 2020 13:36Neighboring Turkey and Greece have traded barbs over the disputed conversion into a mosque of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, a day after Friday prayers were held in the medieval spot for the first time in nearly nine decades.
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Greece says Turkey encroaching on its territory, threatening NATO’s cohesion
Jul 22, 2020 03:09Greece says Turkey is attempting to encroach on its territorial waters and threatening the cohesion of NATO through “illegal and provocative behavior” in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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Greek police use teargas to disperse protesters in Athens
Jul 10, 2020 04:00Greek police used tear gas to disperse demonstrators gathered outside parliament on Thursday (July 9) in a bid to denounce a draft law attempting to regulate street protests in the country.