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Turkish Cypriots vote in presidential run-off amid tensions
Oct 18, 2020 14:16Turkish Cypriots have begun voting in a tight run-off election to pick a new president, amid an escalation of tensions between Turkey and Greece over a territorial dispute in the Mediterranean Sea.
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EU ‘captive’ to Greece in Eastern Mediterranean row: Erdogan
Oct 18, 2020 09:43Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has censured the European Union’s stance in a dispute over energy exploration and territorial rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, saying the bloc has become “captive” to Greece.
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Greece denounces as ‘direct threat to regional peace’ Turkey’s decision to send back survey ship to disputed waters
Oct 12, 2020 15:24Greece has condemned Turkey’s decision to send its research ship to the Eastern Mediterranean on a seismic survey mission, vowing to press the European Union to impose sanctions on Ankara over the move.
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Turkey once again sending seismic survey ship to disputed waters with Greece
Oct 12, 2020 13:28Turkey is once again planning to send its research ship to the Eastern Mediterranean on a seismic survey mission, after hopes for deescalation of tensions with its NATO ally Greece were dashed with the European Union’s sanctions threat against Ankara.
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Turkey pulls back drilling ship from Cyprus ahead of NATO chief visit
Oct 05, 2020 13:37Turkey has apparently taken a step towards deescalation in the disputed Mediterranean waters by pulling back its drilling ship from southwest of Cyprus ahead of a planned visit by NATO chief.
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Turkish VP says Greek president should drop discourse of war
Sep 23, 2020 08:28Turkey says Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou should drop the discourse of war and adopt one of peace, as tensions continue between Ankara and Athens over maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Turkey says may resume talks with Greece amid tensions, warns against EU sanctions
Sep 20, 2020 15:24Turkey says it may soon resume talks with Greece over contested waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where Ankara and Athens are locked in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Ankara blasts 'Napoleon' Macron for interfering in row with Athens
Sep 19, 2020 12:06Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has blasted French President Emmanuel Macron over siding with Greece in Ankara’s row with Athens, accusing him of further exacerbating and fueling the dispute by trying to act like Napoleon.
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Turkey ‘withdrew survey ship to allow for diplomacy with Greece, will return it though’
Sep 19, 2020 05:31Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey withdrew a seismic research vessel from disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to allow for diplomacy with Greece, with which Ankara has been involved in a dispute over oil and gas resources in the region.
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Hundreds of refugees move toward new Lesbos camp
Sep 18, 2020 14:54Dragging bags and bins full of belongings, migrants moved towards a new temporary tent camp on Greece's Lesbos on Friday (September 18), more than a week after a fire razed the country's biggest migrant camp, where they had been staying.