Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Thursday questioned the legality of Turkey’s decision to deploy six F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus, saying that it is “prohibited” for Turkey to use the ...

In July 1974, Turkey launched a full scale military invasion of Cyprus on the pretext of protecting Turkish Cypriot minority from the Greek majority. Involvement from Greece (then ruled by a military ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cyprus marks 51 years since an invasion by Turkey in 1974, which led to the partition of the island nation that is still in place ...

For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval empire in the 11 th century. In 1071, they defeated ...

From the early beginnings of NATO, when America recruited Greece and Turkey, American leaders insisted that Greeks and Turks shake hands. NATO was too important. But it was impossible for the ...