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The differences between Athens and Ankara on the matter of the maritime zones was not raised in public statements during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit on Thursday but Kathimerini understands it was tabled during his talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed to open a "new era" in relations with Greece, marking his first official Athens visit since 2017 to meet with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has vowed staunch support for Palestinians in Gaza, pledging not to relinquish "a single inch of Gaza's land to Israel" amid the ongoing conflict with militant group Hamas.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has affirmed Türkiye's commitment to pursuing peace in the wake of the failed extension of the temporary ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

A carpet, which was gifted in 1907 by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II to the Peace Palace, which serves as the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, will be restored in Türkiye.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be tried at the International Court of Justice in The Hague amid escalating tensions in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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The meeting in Ankara on Tuesday between the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, respectively, was seen as a window of opportunity that could lead to progress on low-policy issue which in the long run could lay the groundwork for both countries to agree to resort to the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

The first page of a new, more substantive and, according to some, potentially more promising, chapter in Greek-Turkish relations will be written on Tuesday when the foreign ministers of the two countries meet in Ankara.

The progress made after the lull in tensions over the Aegean Sea in recent months and the prospects of a roadmap that will lead Greece and Turkey to the International Court of Justice at The Hague will be assessed on Tuesday during the meeting in Ankara between the two countries' foreign ministers, George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan.