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Erdogan recalls battle of Preveza in 1538 with provocative post about Barbarossa: “You turned the Mediterranean into a Turkish sea”
The Battle of Preveza took place on 28 September 1538 and saw the Ottomans emerge victorious against the fleet of the Holy League
Israeli Prime Minister orders ICC case drawn up against Turkish President over Kurds and Hamas
The move follows Ankara's request for an Interpol red notice against Netanyahu, though sources say the legal file may never be submitted and is chiefly intended to deter Turkish escalation, the Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS reported
Erdogan on Greece–Israel Defence Agreement: “We do not consider every bilateral relationship a threat against us”
The US is an ally in NATO, Iran is a neighbour, the Turkish president stressed in an interview with Newsweek – "Turkey will not choose between East and West" – What he said about the Mecca agreement
Government welcomes Erdogan’s statements: “We did not raise the tension”
“We are neighbours, condemned by geography to live side by side,” a senior government source commented
What Israeli-designed “Achilles Shield” entails for Greece, former intelligence officer reveals
Athens is not simply buying David’s Sling, Spyder and Barak MX. For the first time, it is creating a single, multi-layered network that will see, assess and respond to different threats as one integrated system. Israeli analyst and former intelligence officer Dan Feferman explains exclusively to Proto Thema why the agreement signals something far larger […]
Crash test in the Aegean over the cable, drones and the threats: Turkey raises the tension, Greece holds its ground
Athens is set to finalise seabed survey plans within weeks, possibly launching in October, as Erdogan links Turkish objections to Greece's Israeli defence deal, warning against reinforcing the islands with advanced weapons systems
Turkish drone flies between Samothraki and Limnos as Greek F-16s scramble to intercept
Ankara's warning over a possible Rhodes UAV base and its two new marine parks reflect Turkey's broader push to encircle Greece in the Aegean, as Athens weighs whether Ankara is signalling or shifting strategy entirely
Heavy sentences ranging from 5 to 23 years handed down to five opposition mayors in Turkey
Most were found guilty of corruption — The CHP, to which they belonged, is now collapsing under the weight of countless investigations and arrests
Turkey and Israel’s rivalry raises fears of a dangerous miscalculation in Syria
Israel's bombing of a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border signals its refusal to tolerate Ankara's military presence in Syria, as tension between the two US allies deepens over air defence, energy corridors and influence
