A rightist ally of President Erdogan, Devlet Bahceli of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party, this week openly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean. In so doing Mr. Bahceli challenges the provisions of international laws and agreements such as the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.

Athens: Turkey's fiercest rival Greece is now equipped with Rafale fighter jets. The Hellenic Air Force has officially completed the acquisition of 24 Rafale fighter jets. Greece received the last Rafale aircraft at Tanagra Air Base on 9 January.

Devlet Bahceli, an ally of Turkey's President Erdogan has challenged the sovereignty of Greece's Dodecanese islands

Brunner’s visit to Athens comes days after a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights found that Greece illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey, and described ...

The European Court of Human Rights in a landmark ruling has found that Greece illegally deported a woman back to neighboring Turkey.

Inspired by the Greek capital's long history of democracy, countless cities across the world have adopted the name of Athens as their own.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have introduced more flights and holidays to Greece and Turkey this summer to meet strong customer demand

Magnus Brunner, the European Union's new commissioner for migration and internal affairs, is in Athens to discuss the bloc's migration policies with Greece, which has long been one of the major entry points into the EU for migrants.

President Joe Biden strengthened security ties with Cyprus by making the island eligible for American defense articles and military sales. This move indicates a closer focus on the West for Cyprus and has drawn attention from Turkey,

EU's new commissioner for migration, Magnus Brunner, visits Greece to discuss migration policies. Controversy surrounds EU deportation policies as Greece faces criticism for 'pushbacks.' Despite challenges,

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

Known as the "Pocket Hercules", Turkey's Naim Süleymanoğlu is regarded by many as being the greatest weightlifter of all time. The three-time Olympic gold medallist has been described as the strongest man who has ever lived, pound-for-pound, and stood at only four foot, 10 inches high. He was born in Bulgaria but defected to Turkey during a trip to the World Cup Final in Melbourne in 1986, following a law which required ethnic minorities to adopt local names and banned other languages. Süleymanoğlu, who had been forced to call himself Naum Shalamanov, became only the second person to lift three times his own bodyweight overhead in 1984. He set 32 world records before he was 22 and won the first of his Olympic titles at 60kg in Seoul in 1988, when his peformance would have seen him win the weight division above. At Barcelona 1992 he won another 60kg gold and he was then successful at 64kg at Atlanta 1996. In Atlanta, he was part of a thrilling battle with Greece's Valerios Leonidis which saw the pair exchange three world record lifts at the end of the competition. This was described as the "greatest weightlifting competition in history". Süleymanoğlu won seven overall world and seven European titles and broke 46 world records in all. He failed in an audacious bid for an unprecedented fourth Olympic weightlifting gold at Sydney 2000. After his career he went into politics, and he received the Olympic Order in 2001. Süleymanoğlu died in 2017, aged only 50. Georgian-born Kakhi Kakhiashvili won three Olympic gold medals during his career, with the first for the Unified Team which competed at Barcelona 1992 following the break-up of the Soviet Union. That came at 90 kilograms after a dispute with his coach who wanted team-mate Sergey Syrtsov to clinch gold. Syrtsov led after the snatch and Kakhiashvili defied his coach to add extra weight for his final lift in the clean and jerk. He set the bar at a world record of 235kg which he duly lifted to claim top spot on bodyweight rules after tying with Syrtsov. Kakhiashvili, who had a Greek mother, then represented Greece at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 where he won 99kg and 94kg titles respectively. He also won three overall world and three European titles during his career. His world record in Barcelona was one of seven he set during his time on the platform, and he later worked as a coach. Greece's Pyrros Dimas is regarded as one of the greatest weightlifters of all time, following years of dominance in the light heavyweight division. He won three Olympic gold medals, the first of which coming at 82.5kg in Barcelona in 1992. Dimas then added consecutive titles at 83kg and 85kg at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. At his home Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, Dimas won bronze at 85kg. This saw him equal the record of American Norb Schemansky by winning medals at four consecutive Olympics. At the World Championships, Dimas won three overall gold medals. He was born in Albania to Greek parents and shouted "For Greece!" when making his final lift in Barcelona, which saw him become a national hero. At the Atlanta and Athens Olympics, he served as flagbearer. Dimas also won one overall European Championship during his career, and set 11 world records. He was given the nicknames the "Lion of Himara" and "Midas" - with the latter a nod to his gold medals. Showboating was part of Dimas's displays as he liked to keep the barbell lifted after the buzzer had sounded. After retirement he moved into politics and sports governance, and currently sits on the International Weightlifting Federation Executive Board as a vice-president. The Chinese win six gold medals - four more than their nearest challengers - to sit on top of the medal table for the fifth Olympic Games in a row. Long Qingquan wins his second Olympic gold at under-56kg, eight years after his first at Beijing 2008, while Lü Xiaojun adds the second of what will later be his three titles. In women's action, Rim Jong-sim of North Korea made it back-to-back Olympic gold medals. Competition at these Games sees the introduction of women's weightlifting for the first time, across seven weight categories. The number of men's divisions comes down to eight. China win four of the women's titles and add another gold medal in the men’s middleweight division to top the standings with five. Pyrros Dimas of Greece and Kakhi Kakhiashvili, now also representing the Greeks, win their third Olympic titles. Zhan Xugang of China wins his second Olympic title in a row. The Unified Team, which replaced the Soviet Union following the break-up of the country, finished top of the medal standings with five golds. Naim Süleymanoğlu wins the second of his Olympic titles for Turkey and there is the emergence of Greece's Pyrros Dimas and Kakhi Kakhiashvili, representing the Unified Team. Both win gold and will go on to add two more in their careers. Aleksandr Kurlovich wins a second Olympic title representing the Unified Team. The range of each weight class is adjusted by one kilogram to four kilograms for these Games, marking the first redefinition since 1920. Greece, China, Russia and Turkey all win two gold medals each, and three silver medals for the Greeks see them top the medals table. There is a third Olympic title for Naim Süleymanoğlu, while Pyrros Dimas and Kakhi Kakhiashvili claim their second gold medals. The men's heavyweight division is divided into two categories - the under-100kg and under-110kg. This increases the number of weight divisions to 10. Light heavyweight Yurik Vardanyan and heavyweight Leonid Taranenko both set world records to secure two of the Soviet Union's unrivalled total of five gold medals. The Soviet Union returned to Olympic weightlifting action to devastating effect, topping the medals table with six golds. This included success in the five heaviest classes on the programme. Naim Süleymanoğlu won the men's 60kg class for Turkey, the first of his three Olympic titles in a row. The flyweight and super heavyweight classes are introduced in Germany - the first changes to the Olympic programme since 1952. It is also the last year that the clean and press features as one of the lifts due to difficulties in judging proper technique. Bulgaria end the Soviet Union’s supremacy, topping the medals table with three golds and three silvers. Vasily Alekseyev of the Soviet Union wins the first of his two super heavyweight titles in a row. The Soviet Union get the better of the United States after their recent rivalry, winning five gold medals and three directly at the expense of the Americans. Featherweight Yevgeny Minayev, middleweight Aleksandr Kurynov and heavyweight Yury Vlasov all beat American opposition in their respective finals. Soviet Arkady Vorobyov wins a second Olympic title in a row at middle-heavyweight. Charles Vinci of the US makes it back-to-back golds at bantamweight. The Soviet Union prevail at the top of the medal table for the second successive Games at Tokyo 1964, winning four gold medals through bantamweight Aleksey Vakhonin, light heavyweight Rudolf Plyukfelder, middle-heavyweight Vladimir Golovanov and heavyweight Leonid Zhabotinsky. Yoshinobu Miyake of hosts Japan wins the first of his back-to-back Olympic titles at under-60 kilograms. One men's event is eliminated from the programme at Tokyo 2020, bringing the total number of competitions down to 14. China win a huge seven gold medals to top the pile for the sixth consecutive Games, as no other country manages more than one. Lü Xiaojun wins his third consecutive Olympic title in the men's under-81kg. Shi Zhiyong adds to his gold from Rio 2016 in the men's under-73kg and Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia defends his super heavyweight title.