Eastern Mediterranean
Turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque: A new crisis in Eastern...
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
The decision of the Turkish regime to make Hagia Sophia, one of the most important monuments of Christendom, a mosque can only...
What Will Happen Now to Hagia Sophia’s Byzantine Mosaics?
By Tasos Kokkinidis
Jul 10, 2020
Following Turkey’s decision to annul the 1934 conversion of Constantinople’s Hagia Sophia into a museum, paving the way for its...
World reacts to Turkey’s decision to re-convert Hagia Sophia into mosque
Jul 11 2020
The world has been reacting to the Turkish government’s decision to re-convert the Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque.
“To convert it back...
Why the U.S. will do nothing to protect the Hagia Sophia
By Edward G. Stafford
Jul 08 2020
The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, is currently considering whether to reconvert the Hagia Sophia museum into...
Official UNESCO Statement on Reconversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque
By Patricia Claus
Jul 10, 2020
UNESCO, the United Nations body tasked with the identification and preservation of sites with the greatest significance to the world’s...
France-Turkey tensions mount after NATO naval incident
By John Irish, Robin Emmott
Jul. 7, 2020
For France, it was the final straw. For Turkey, it was a misunderstanding. For NATO, it could be...
Ankara is not reading correctly the situation. A catastrophic war for...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s adviser, Mesut Hakki, has directly threatened Greece with war if it reacts and protects its continental shelf if Ankara...
Accumulating explosive materials, facilitating a war between Greece and Turkey
Erdogan and the Hagia Sophia: Will He – Or Won’t He?
Facing ever shakier voter support, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may finally be ready...
Borrell tells Turkey ‘illegal drilling must stop’
26th June 2020
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that illegal Turkish drilling for gas off divided Cyprus “must stop,” during his two-day...
Revealed: Baby animals knowingly killed by British military
Military exercises at British bases in the Mediterranean are causing miscarriages and deaths among farm animals, generating hundreds of compensation claims each year, and...