Turkey on Friday branded as “biased” a statement by southern European leaders threatening sanctions against Ankara in its standoff with Greece over eastern Mediterranean energy and maritime rights. “The expressions in the joint communique… are biased, disconnected from reality and lack a legal basis,” the foreign ministry said after a ...
Turkey could pause energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea for a while pending talks with Greece, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Tuesday. In an interview with broadcaster CNN Turk, Kalin said President Tayyip Erdogan had requested that operations be put on hold as a constructive approach to negotiations. Long-standing ...
