Analysis
Greece vs Turkey military spending: what NATO and SIPRI data show
Turkey’s defence budget is about three times Greece’s, but Greece spends a larger share of GDP. What NATO’s 2026 estimates…
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Greek-Turkish Relations
Analysis
Aegean islands demilitarisation explained: what the treaties say
Lausanne 1923, the Straits Convention and the 1947 Paris treaty are cited in the Aegean demilitarisation dispute. Here is what…
Analysis
Halki seminary explained: closed by Turkey since 1971
The Halki Theological School, the Ecumenical Patriarchate's seminary near Constantinople, has been closed by Turkey since 1971. This explainer sets…
Greece
Ankara challenges Greece’s new muftis of Komotini and Xanthi in Turkish Foreign Ministry statement No. 207
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry accused Athens of ignoring the rights of the Muslim minority of Thrace by appointing “so-called muftis”. Greece…
Greece
Imia crisis explained: how Greece and Turkey neared war in 1996
A grounded cargo ship, rival flags and two fleets: how the January 1996 Imia crisis unfolded, how U.S. mediation ended…
Cyprus
Istanbul pogrom of 1955 explained: what US records show
US State Department records describe the anti-Greek violence of 6-7 September 1955 in Istanbul and Izmir, the police that did…
Greece
How the Dodecanese Became Greek: History, 1923 to 1948
The Dodecanese passed from Turkey to Italy at Lausanne in 1923 and from Italy to Greece in 1947, with union…
Analysis
NATO Article 5 explained: what it covers and why Greece joined
Article 5 is NATO's collective defence clause. This explainer sets out what the treaty text says, where it applies and…
Greece
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…
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Analysis: Turkey wants SAMP/T, what France’s “Steel Dome” Aster system would mean for Greek Rafales, F-16s and FDI frigates
Analysis: If Turkey acquires the Franco-Italian SAMP/T NG, the problem for Greece would not be one more air-defence system, but…
Cyprus
Occupied north lashes out at the EU: “protector of the status quo”, attacks Fitto and the Republic of Cyprus
The so-called foreign ministry of the breakaway regime in the occupied north of Cyprus accused the EU of preserving an…
Greece
Turkish interior minister in Athens: “Greece must not become a haven for criminals”, asks for extraditions of Gülen movement members
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi asked Athens to speed up extraditions of wanted persons and members of the Gülen movement,…