A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death In 2022, the Turkish coastguard found Baris Buyuksu barely alive with signs of torture, in the Aegean Sea. Al Jazeera · May 30, 2024
Total War: Pharaoh's big free update map is far, far larger than I would have thought More than twice the factions, nearly double the provinces. PC Gamer · May 12, 2024
Greek and Turkish leaders ready for diplomacy talks amid Aegean tensions Greece and Turkey are stepping up rapprochement efforts, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visiting Turkey on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The trip is part of detente attempts after years of tensions centered on territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea. Radio France Internationale · May 11, 2024
The Counter Soho: Chef Kemal Demirasal to launch new Aegean restaurant and first bar The former champion windsurfer will open his second London restaurant and first bar in May Evening Standard · Apr 2, 2024
Greece, Turkey Vow To Work On Improving Relations Greece and Turkey on Thursday restarted high-level talks to reduce chronic tensions in their relations as the Turkish president visited Athens for the first time in six years. International Business Times · Dec 7, 2023
Dozens of migrants rescued off Greek island of Lesbos. Search is under way for woman feared missing Greece's coast guard says it has rescued dozens of migrants from a small boat in difficulty off the eastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos and a search is underway for one more person The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
Hundreds more migrants reach the Greek islands in boats and smaller vessels from Turkey Greek authorities say more than 450 migrants have reached Greece’s Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023
Greeks yearn for an Aegean islands escape, but even before this hellish summer we were being priced out The nation relies on tourism, yet many local people feel the right to enjoy these timeless places is being denied them, writes the Greek author Elias Maglinis The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023
Meze, markets and monk seals: the best of Turkey’s Aegean coast Many visitors overlook less familiar resorts around the city of İzmir in favour of hotspots further south. They’re missing out The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023
Greek authorities charge 2 migrants for destroying dinghy carrying 40 as rescue boat approached Greek authorities say they have rescued 40 migrants from a sinking dinghy in the Aegean Sea The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023
Cause of death confirmed for two Leaving Cert students in Greece holiday tragedy Police have already ruled out foul play although separate inquiries are still underway on the Aegean island of Ios. Irish Mirror · Jul 6, 2023
VW Group Electrifies Greek Island With EVs, Ride Share And Renewable Power Volkswagen Group calls the Aegean Island of Astypalea its laboratory for sustainable energy, and transforms it with e-mobility. InsideEVs · Jun 15, 2023
Greeks welcome continuity in Erdogan’s re-election in Turkey Erdogan’s rhetoric may be unfriendly towards Greece, but his predecessors were outright dangerous, many Greeks say. Al Jazeera · Jun 7, 2023
Greece and Turkey can make region one of cooperation - Blinken U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Aegean Sea rivals Greece and Turkey to engage to resolve differences and avoid unilateral actions that could increase tension. Reuters · Feb 21, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023 Holidaymakers planning to visit Turkey told to travel with caution While Istanbul, Ankara and the Aegean coast are operating as normal, tourists are advised to avoid the immediate vicinity of the earthquake
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022 Afghan refugee freed in Greece after two years of wrongful imprisonment Campaigners hope overturning of Akif Rasuli’s 50-year sentence will be ‘first victory’ for criminalised migrants in Greek jails
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 6, 2022 Türkiye Again Threatens Greece for Arming Aegean Islands Türkiye’s foreign minister on Tuesday again threatened to “take action” against Greece if it continues to arm its Aegean islands which Ankara says should remain demilitarized in line with international treaties. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s comments follow reports of military exercises by Greece on the Aegean islands of Rhodes and Lesbos. Turkish…
Al Jazeera · Oct 19, 2022 Could Greece, Turkey tensions spill into open conflict? Greece and Turkey could come to blows ahead of elections in both countries next year, say experts on both sides.
The Conversation · Oct 17, 2022 Could tensions between Greece and Turkey lead to a second European war? Tensions are flaring between Turkey and Greece over the militarization of the eastern Aegean islands and a host of other issues.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 8, 2022 Türkiye Again Threatens to Wage War on Greece Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed that his country doesn’t want a war with Greece but it is using the language its neighbor understands. Ties between Türkiye and Greece have been strained for years over territorial conflicts in the east Mediterranean, but tensions have escalated in recent months over what…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 4, 2022 Ankara Informs Washington it Is Committed to Defending its Rights in East Med, Aegean US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday. The two, whose meeting was unannounced to the media beforehand, discussed various bilateral and international issues, topped by the developments in the Aegean and the Mediterranean and the tension…
Reuters · Oct 2, 2022 Greece says it's open to talks with Turkey once provocations end Greece wants to have a constructive dialogue with Turkey based on international law but its Aegean neighbour must halt its unprecedented escalation of provocations, the Greek foreign minister said on Sunday.
Radio France Internationale · Sep 25, 2022 Tensions rise between Greece and Turkey over island military bases Tensions continue to escalate between Turkey and Greece over territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea. In the past, such tensions have been defused by US or European leaders, but this time there are fears they could be distracted by the Ukraine conflict.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 13, 2022 Rivals Türkiye and Greece Come Together for NATO Drill in Med Amid an escalating war of words between Türkiye and Greece over disputes in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean, both countries came together Tuesday to participate in an annual NATO naval exercise. The neighbors and historic regional rivals are among 12 alliance members taking part in Dynamic Mariner-Mavi Balina 22…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 11, 2022 Türkiye Says Greek Coast Guard Fires on Cargo Ship in Aegean Greek Coast Guard ships opened fire on a cargo vessel sailing in international waters in the Aegean Sea, the Turkish Coast Guard said, escalating tensions between the regional rivals that have mounted in recent weeks. There were no casualties in the shooting 11 nautical miles (13 miles) southwest of the…