Turkey and Greece

Last update August 6, 2025

The historical relationship between Turkey and Greece is fraught with conflict, and the present era continues to reflect this tension. Diplomatic efforts and the movements of military naval forces in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean often mirror the fluctuating conditions between the two neighbors. The weight of the past extends not only to the fall of Byzantium, when the Turks seized the capital of that ancient empire, but also to the ongoing crisis surrounding the status of a third country altogether: Cyprus.

MEDIA REPORTS

Erdogan declares "Our experts will first explore every inch of our country and then every place where a Turk has ever set foot..."

August 6, 2024: Story at Skai [Greek]

Turkey's fears over Greek F35s

August 5, 2024: Story at eKathimerini [English]

Foreign Ministry reacts to Turkey announcing "marine parks" in Aegean

August 2, 2024: Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Erdogan meets with Italy PM Meloni and Libyan PM Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah

August 1, 2024: Story at MSN Reuters [English]

"A tougher strategy against Turkey"?

July 28, 2024: Story at Protothema [English]

Turkey seals deal for Eurofighter Typhoon purchases

July 24, 2024: Story at Reuters MSN [English]

Closed down hotels in Turkey with visitors swarming instead to Greece

August 3, 2024: Story at UK Express [English]

"Soft provacations" from Turkey

August 22, 2023: Story at Skai [Greek]

Erdogan under attack for "caving" to Sweden

July 11, 2023:Story at Capital [Greek]

Is NATO getting ready to expel Turkey?

July 10, 2022: Story at IN GR [Greek]

Confidence that F16 sale to Turkey will be stopped by US Congress

July 11, 2022: Story at Kathimerini [Greek]

Athens responds to Turkish map showing Crete and Eastern Aegean belonging to Turkey

July 11, 2022:Story at Ethnos [Greek] and at Protothema [English]

Turkish currency has drastic value drop

June 8, 2022:Story at Capital [Greek]

Upset in Turkey over Friendship Forum

Feb 18, 2021:Story to eKathimerini [English]

Foriegn Ministry sends protest to Turkey over March NAVTEX

Feb 18, 2021:Story at eKathimerini [English]

Turkey accuses Greece of violating Lausanne Treaty

Dec 9, 2021:Story at Protothema [Greek]

Turkey becoming more isolated

Feb 6, 2020:Story at Liberal [Greek]

The growing pressure on Turkey

A request for F16 fighter planes by Erdogan has prompted a "No Jets for Turkey" campaign by pressure groups around DC, on the heals of the unique France-Greece deal:

The dramatic Paris agreement also included a clause for mutual assistance in case of an armed attack against the territory of one of the two. “For the first time it is stipulated that there be military assistance in the event of a third party attacking one of the two states. And we all know who is threatening whom with a casus belli in the Mediterranean,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said following the deal. He was hinting that the unprecedented France-Greece deal was aiming to deprive Turkey of strategic dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. The deal came at an unfortunate time for Erdogan. Germany, which has sponsored Turkish naval supremacy in the Aegean, was preoccupied with its elections...

October 13, 2021: Story at al-monitor [English]

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