Greece–Turkey relations

A Greek court on Nov. 28 held the first hearing in a case regarding the potential extradition of eight Turkish military pilots who fled to the country a day after the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey. 

The Athens Council of Appeals Court Judges on Tuesday adjourned until December 6 a hearing of the appeal against extradition of eight Turkish military officers who fled to Greece in July following a failed coup in Turkey.

Greece has always been a fortunate country because at times of major crises its leaders were capable of shining on the international stage.

A Turkish fighter jet which entered Greek air space early on Thursday was identified and intercepted according to international law, Greek authorities said on Thursday.

According to reports, the aircraft entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) twice, first at 3.38 a.m. and then at 5.32 a.m., flying over the islet of Panagia, east of Oinousses, on both occasions.

Bozcaada, a beautiful island off the Aegean coast mentioned in both "The Iliad" and "The Aeneid," is getting ready to host cinephiles and environmentalists this week for the third Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary (BIFED), to be held between Oct. 12 and 16.

Turkish politicians continue to provoke Greece on the matter of the so-called ‘disputed’ islands in the Aegean Sea.

Tensions between Greece and Turkey over the status of a series of Greeks isles and islets in the Aegean Sea are rising, following a barrage of statements made by the Turkish political establishment.

In the last few decades, the Greek political system has been set on playing games with local institutions. It chose to ignore the importance of ability and reputation and selected its own people for pivotal positions. People with zero academic contribution became rectors, for instance, with the assistance of party mechanisms.

The final exhibition of the season at Bozcaada Art Gallery, on the island of Bozcaada off Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale, is titled "A Meeting of Ceramics, Glass and Sculpture," and features the work of many local artists.

The Greek Foreign Ministry has slammed a conference held in Turkey titled "The Turkish identity of Muslims in Western Thrace" as stoking tension and uncertainty among Greek Muslims.

Greece does not recognize its Muslim population, located predominantly in Western Thrace, as an ethnically Turkish minority but as a religious one.