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Greece and Greek-Turkish Relations: Live Updates
Live updates on Greece's national issues, defence and diplomacy, and on Turkish claims and provocations in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Every entry links to our full report.
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Greek-Turkish Relations
Gerapetritis speaks with Cyprus’s Kombos and Egypt’s Abdelatty after the Libyan vote on the Turkish–Libyan memorandum
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis held phone calls with Cyprus’s Constantinos Kombos and Egypt’s Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday, focused on the Libyan House’s approval of the Turkish–Libyan memorandum and its risks for Eastern Mediterranean security.
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Athens rejects Benghazi’s vote: the Turkish–Libyan memorandum is “spurious, null and void”, says the Greek Foreign Ministry
Greece’s Foreign Ministry said the approval of the 2019 Turkish–Libyan memorandum by Libya’s House of Representatives does not change its illegal, null and void character, and that Athens will take every appropriate action to safeguard its sovereign rights.
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Opinion: Sanctions on Libya – Athens must make the Turkish–Libyan memorandum costly for Benghazi and Tripoli
After Libya’s House of Representatives approved the Turkish–Libyan memorandum, an opinion piece argues Athens must impose national measures at once and push for EU sanctions, since the legal tools already exist.
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Armaments Radar: MBDA proposes SPEAR, METLEN presents a Leopard 1A5 upgrade, Thales Cyber Range and Septentrio GNSS before the General Staffs
Seven company presentations to Greek General Staffs between October 6 and 13, 2026: MBDA UK’s SPEAR and SPEAR EW, METLEN’s Leopard 1A5 upgrade proposal, Thales cybersecurity, SECUNET, Septentrio GNSS, IATS and SAHAR.
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Smyrna 1922 explained: what US diplomatic records show
US diplomatic telegrams from September 1922 record the fall of Smyrna, the fire, the shooting of refugees and the evacuation of 262,587 people. Here is what the primary record says.
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Dendias: “We are asking the US for the most modern weapons for the F-35” – Phase C of the New Force Structure: 56 units and 126 camps merged or closed, drones and satellites
Defence Minister Nikos Dendias presented Phase C of the New Force Structure 2024-2035: 56 units and 126 camps merged or closed, 15,300 personnel reallocated, a drone brigade, satellites and about €530 million in savings.
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Opinion: Greece has other options – munitions, upgrades and weapons for the Armed Forces beyond the traditional markets
Greece’s problem is not finding weapons but time: when US approvals for munitions and pods lag, Athens has turned to Israel, France and Italy, while India, Serbia and the rest of Europe offer options once off the table.
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SAKO TRG M10: the new sniper rifle of the Greek Special Forces
The Finnish SAKO TRG M10 is the new sniper rifle of the Hellenic Army Special Forces: 90 rifles in .338 Lapua Magnum are under contract and a second executive contract for the remaining 29 is being negotiated.
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Breaking: Libya’s House of Representatives unanimously approves the illegal Turkish–Libyan memorandum – a blow for Greece after Aguila Saleh’s removal
Libya’s House of Representatives in Benghazi unanimously approved the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum, which Greece considers illegal and void because it ignores Crete, and cancelled its earlier decisions rejecting it.
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Turkish channel A Haber claims a “two-scenario trap” over EUNOMIA and the Greece–Cyprus cable – Hürriyet speaks of a “NAVTEX showdown”
Pro-government Turkish channel A Haber claims Athens is playing a “two-scenario trap” with the EUNOMIA exercise and the Greece–Cyprus GSI cable, while Hürriyet writes of a “NAVTEX showdown” in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Greece-drafted Security Council resolution 2832 on children and digital risks in armed conflict adopted unanimously
The Security Council adopted resolution 2832 (2026) unanimously on 19 October. Greece authored the text, which urges states to protect children in armed conflict from digital abuses.
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Greece’s ALTUS LSA signs a memorandum with Romania’s CARFIL (ROMARM) on interceptor-drone munitions and joint production in Romania
Chania-based ALTUS LSA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Romania’s state-owned CARFIL, part of the ROMARM group, covering munitions for its interceptor systems, possible technology transfer and joint development of platforms in Romania.
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Intracom Defense gets a new board: Michalis Tsamaz as chairman and Lykourgos Antonopoulos as CEO
Greek defence company Intracom Defense (IDE) has a new five-member board, chaired by former OTE Group chief Michalis Tsamaz, with Lykourgos Antonopoulos as chief executive.
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DAEDALUS inaugurated: Greece’s new national supercomputer at Lavrio, with 85.69 petaflops, ranks 31st in the world
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis inaugurated DAEDALUS at Lavrio, Greece’s new national supercomputer with a measured 85.69 petaflops, ranked 31st in the world and built for artificial intelligence, big data and complex simulations.
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Monday 19 October 2026
Greece
UNCLOS explained: sea zones, islands and the Aegean dispute
UNCLOS sets how far a coastal state’s waters, resources and seabed rights reach. Here is what the treaty says on zones and islands, why it backs the rights of the Greek islands, and how Ankara contests them from outside the Convention.
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Turkish daily calls Greece’s NAVTEX for EUNOMIA a “pirate NAVTEX” – “We will not allow faits accomplis” to Athens and Nicosia
The pro-government Turkish daily Türkiye Gazetesi returns to the NAVTEX dispute south of Kastellorizo, calling the Greek NAVTEX for the multinational exercise EUNOMIA a “pirate NAVTEX” and warning Athens and Nicosia over the “Blue Homeland”; the article gives neither the Greek nor the Cypriot position.
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Greek forces in Afghanistan: ten years in Kabul, from ELDAF to TESAF
From February 2002 to November 2012, more than 3,000 Greek officers and NCOs served in Kabul, first as the Hellenic Force Afghanistan (ELDAF) and later as the Special Composition Battalion (TESAF): a mission without front-line combat but with mines, ambushes, a field hospital and rebuilt schools.
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Treaty of Lausanne explained: borders, islands and minorities
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July 1923, set the Greek-Turkish frontier, divided the Aegean islands and protected minorities. Here is what its articles actually say.
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Sunday 18 October 2026
Greece
Hürriyet: Athens–Berlin “bargaining” over U212 CD submarines – Ankara reportedly asked for the same, built at Gölcük
Turkish daily Hürriyet claims Ankara has approached Berlin for the same new-generation submarines that interest Greece, proposing part of the construction at the Gölcük naval shipyard. The claim cites unnamed Greek press reports and is not confirmed by any government.
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Greek armed forces chief meets Senator Rick Scott – defence cooperation, energy and the Eastern Mediterranean on the agenda
The Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Dimitrios Choupis, met on October 15 with US Senator Rick Scott, chair of the Senate Seapower Subcommittee, and a congressional delegation, the HNDGS said.
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Saturday 17 October 2026
Greece
Mitsotakis on Patriots for Ukraine: “Whatever is possible, without undermining Greece’s defence capability”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis neither confirmed nor ruled out handing Patriot air-defence missiles from Greek stocks to Ukraine, saying Greece will do what it can to support Kyiv, but not at the expense of its own defence.
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Rick Scott on Turkey: “It does not behave as a NATO ally” – “bullying” stance towards Greece and Cyprus, support for the cable
US Republican Senator Rick Scott accused Turkey of “bullying behaviour” towards Greece and Cyprus in an interview with the Associated Press in Athens, and backed the Greece–Cyprus–Israel electricity interconnection project.
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Greece–France: the strategic alliance and the official offer of Blacksword Barracuda submarines
From Rafale jets and FDI frigates to crises in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece and France have built a defence relationship that now extends to an official Naval Group offer of Blacksword Barracuda submarines.
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Turkey in uproar over Greece–Israel talks on LORA: Anadolu picks up our exclusive, Haber7 speaks of a “dirty plan”
Our exclusive on Greece–Israel talks to co-produce the LORA ballistic missile reached Turkish media. State agency Anadolu reported it and the pro-government Haber7 called it a “dirty plan”.
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Friday 16 October 2026
Greek-Turkish Relations
Cypriot NAVTEX for KOBI RUEGG’s surveys for the East to Med Corridor cable – second counter-NAVTEX from Antalya over a “Turkish continental shelf”
Cyprus issued a NAVTEX for geophysical surveys by the vessel KOBI RUEGG in its EEZ for the East to Med Corridor cable, and Antalya answered with a second counter-NAVTEX the same day, claiming the area as Turkish continental shelf.
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Israel Allies Caucuses launched in the Greek and Cypriot parliaments, with a message to Ankara: “Turkey has no veto over our alliances”
The Israel Allies Foundation has set up caucuses of friends of Israel in the Hellenic Parliament and the Cypriot House of Representatives, aiming at closer Greece-Cyprus-Israel partnership. Its European director said Ankara has no veto over such cooperation.
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Greece-Egypt: third round of consultations on Libya in Athens, with withdrawal of foreign forces and respect for UNCLOS
Greece and Egypt held the third round of political consultations on Libya at the Foreign Ministry in Athens on October 15. They called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces, fighters and mercenaries, and the Greek side stressed UNCLOS in the delimitation of Libya’s maritime zones.
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Opinion: What will Greece do if Turkey obstructs the work on the Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection?
Dr Konstantinos Balomenos, a political scientist and international relations specialist, argues that Greece needs a graduated crisis-management system for a Turkish obstruction of the Great Sea Interconnector, from rhetoric to a hot incident.
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Counter-NAVTEX from Antalya for EUNOMIA: Turkey disputes Heraklion’s authority over the GSI corridor
Turkey has answered the Heraklion NAVTEX for multinational exercises between Crete, Kastellorizo and Cyprus by relaying it from its Antalya station, which it calls the “competent” one. The area lies on the route of the Great Sea Interconnector surveys.
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Opinion: Greece and Serbia could co-produce ammunition and simple defence systems, with Cyprus as the guide
Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further: not to buy ready-made systems, but to co-produce simple and plentiful ones, mortar rounds, 122 mm rockets and wheeled armour, on Greek soil.
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