NATO Secretary General to visit Turkey and Greece on October 5 and 6
>https://archive.is/2DHUv

The fire raging in Evros seems to be out of control, consuming large areas of what is the forest of Dadia, a forest that had been preserved and considered a virgin forest. The fires in Evros start and spread from places where immigrants usually cross into Greece
>https://archive.is/dMuuG

Evros has been experiencing an enormous increase in the number of fires, to the point that local authorities have launched numerous probes and investigations into it because it is too frequent

From 03/09
Most of the illegal immigrants who have crossed the Evros border during the last few days are Turks
>https://archive.is/f87LR

From 06/09
Immigration flows have increased 20% in Evros recently according to authorities
>https://archive.is/5CdpJ

From 15/09
IMPORTANT: In Evros there were 11 fires in 10 days, the Deputy Governor of Evros said that the fires are very suspicious, always in areas where the illegal immigrants usually do their crossings
>https://archive.is/sGWqi

From 16/09
IMPORTANT: Probe launched in Evros after 15 fires are reported in less than 48 hours, yesterday the governor said that 11 fires that happened in less than 10 days were reported near the spots where immigrants cross the border
>https://archive.is/Vjfpk

Turkish Foreign Ministry says the EU is "divorced from reality" and that they will keep exploring gas in Cypriot waters and that until an agreement to share the revenue of gas exploration inside Cypriot EEZ with the occupied territories of Cyprus, they will keep exploring gas in the region
>https://archive.is/HAsWO

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"It is not constructive to continue to use the language of sanctions and to characterize as illegal the steps taken by our country to defend its rights and those of the Turkish Cypriots," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said, adding that the European Union must understand that he can gain nothing in this way

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots need to jointly set up a mechanism to co-ordinate their hydrocarbon activities and ensure revenue sharing between the two sides, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

"Until this is achieved, the Turkish Cypriot side will continue its activities in the field of hydrocarbons through TPAO (Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı)," the statement said

Macron: "Dialogue without unilateral actions or sanctions, Turkey's two choices"
>https://archive.is/1KWCG

Turkish official: Aegean islands must also be on table for negotiations. The "issues" pointed out by said official included delimitation of Greek airspace, search and rescue operational limits, demilitarization of islands and the sovereignty of many islands and islets
>https://archive.is/vyU4O

Turkey seems to be following the same steps that they took in previous attempts to have "dialogues", they will keep making more and more absurd demands while not accepting any conditions from Greece. Demanding the demilitarization of Greek islands but not demilitarizing Cyprus themselves, demanding delimitation of Greek Airspace while performing overflights above Greek islands and cities which violates the Lausanne treaty (article 13). A treaty that they accuse Greece of violating on a daily basis but have also been violating for decades (as seen here)

The meeting that will take place between the Turkish and Greek Foreign Ministers in Constantinople after October 5th might lead nowhere precisely because at the same time that Turkey demands that negotiations be held without conditions, they impose several conditions, many of which are completely unreasonable such as demanding Greece to reject the Charter of Seville and give up their islands among several other things

Erdogan made another speech today, full of his inflamatory rhetoric, calling the actios taken by Greece, Cyprus and the EU regarding sanctions and other things as "ridicuous displays of power"
>https://archive.is/d73pw

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"They wanted to play a similar game in the Mediterranean. "After the delimitation of maritime zones in the TRNC, thanks to the agreement we made with Libya, we turned a large part of the eastern Mediterranean into a legal field of activity."

"the gas field that we discovered in the Black Sea helped to reward our efforts but also to raise the morale of our nation. "In the Eastern Mediterranean confrontation , those who could not take a step back in the Eastern Mediterranean indulged in hollow threats and blackmail and ridiculous displays of power , but eventually heeded our calls for dialogue."

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Referring to the conclusions and reports that came after the insistence of Greece and Cyprus , the Turkish Foreign Minister said in a provocative tone : "If the EU wants to become an objective, global organization, it should be able to tell a member that, what he is asking for is unjust . Can the EU say that? "

Mayor of Iasmos, known for being anti-Greece demands the resignation of the President of the Cultural Association of Iasmos because the latter criticized the mayor, saying that he deprives people from cultural events because he has a personal problem with the institution
>https://archive.is/j6Ikz


The mayor of Iasmos has been on the news recently after he announced that he would sue journalists that were speaking bad things about him after it was published that he went to a rally in Turkey and said that his region (Thrace) would embrace the motherland (Turkey) and that when time comes, Thrace would be Turkish once again.
He also recited a poem to celebrate the "brave turkish soldiers" among a few other things

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Statement by the President of the Cultural Association of Iasmos

¨Mayor who NEVER agrees to meet the President of the largest Community and seat of the Municipality, indifferent to the issue he asks to meet.
The Mayor who has NEVER informed the President of the largest Community and seat of the Municipality about anything.
The Mayor who has degraded from the first moment the institution of the President of the largest Community and seat of the Municipality, for reasons of personal empathy only.
The Mayor who chose on the occasion of his personal passion for me to level the whole society of Iasmos by opening a war with one of the most important institutions of Culture in Thrace, the Cultural Association of Jasmos, with an impact mainly on young children, our children , from which it deprives the contact with cultural events, because that's just what Oder Mumin (mayor of Iasmos) wants.¨

Response of the Mayor

"After today's personal, immoral, unprovoked verbal attack directed to me, by Boukas (Elias Boukas) severed the relations of the municipal authority with the Cultural Association of Iasmos. I emphasize once again that I honor the history and every member of the Cultural Association of Iasmos. However, the time has come for Boukas to resign from the position of President of the Iasmos Cultural Association ".

🇬🇷 Church of Greece to organise events for the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece announced that the Church of Greece will organise 261 events across Greece next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence.

“Other peoples rebelled against their church. We, the Greeks, however, fought in 1821, together with our Orthodox Church, which nurtured us with the desire for liberation,” he said, adding that the land in Greece is drenched in the blood of freedom fighters and of the priesthood.

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Illegal immigrants at the camp in Penally (UK) had an interview with BBC, repeating the same things that they do in Greece and all over Europe, that the camps are not suitable for them, that they are doctors, nurses and engineers. Said that they are not an army (despite most of them being men in military age)

“It’s not good for human here, we are not army. Most of them are doctor, most of them are nurse”
“This place is not suitable for us”

it is rather strange how their arguments are repeated across Europe as a mantra, without even changing the phrases too much, saying that the camps are inhuman, prisons. They say that thet are engineers and doctors... yet, most of them dont want to work even when the government tries providing them with job opportunities.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday an investigation has been launched into the alleged use of Canadian military technologies in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Turkey has bought the Wescam gear from Canada in the past to use on their drones
>https://archive.is/t5qtO

Syrian recruit describes role of foreign fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh (disputed region in Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict)
https://archive.is/OaXif

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“I was hesitant to come here at the beginning because I had no idea about this country and I don’t speak the language. I knew there were skirmishes between the two countries, but I didn’t know that I was coming to war. I thought it was just guard work,” Khalid said.

“I came here to make money and have a better life back in Syria where the living conditions are miserable. I consider this a job, nothing else.”

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