Recent content by nick.f76

If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans (and your military strength and your military industry). October 28 1940. What was the military strength of Greece and the military strength of Italy? In the end Germany had to come help the army of Italy...

In a radio show were they were discussing geopolitical stuff a few years ago they said how unlike us Greeks who give everything to the USA and the West and don't take anything back in return, how Turkey is with Russia then with USA and the West, then with Russia again then with the USA and the...

Istanbul is more Greek than Constantinople which comes from a Latin name. You name the city "εἰς τήν πόλιν" instead of "Flavius Valerius Constantinus". One is Latin, the other is Greek. Here the village in Messinia, Peloponnese where I was born, used to have a clearly Turkish name more than...

https://www.parapolitika.gr/stiles/konstadinos-holevas/article/1747206/kurie-erdogan-ti-ekanan-oi-neotourkoi-sti-viruto-kai-ti-damasko/ Mr. Erdogan, what did the Young Turks do in Beirut and Damascus? The neo-Ottomanism of our neighbors idealizes the Ottoman Empire, which oppressed and...

https://elisme.gr/en/o-nomos-mavi-vatan-ypo-to-prisma-tou-diethnous-dikaiou/ The law, "MAVI VATAN", in the light of International Law. "The main arguments of the Turkish side are two. 1. Islands do not have the right to an EEZ and a continental shelf. 2. It is not possible for a huge...

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/times-trump-iran-deal-close How many times has Trump claimed an Iran deal is around the corner? Including the period before the ceasefire, he’s done it at least 38 times. That’s the number of times he’s said directly — in social media posts, public...

Not "without weapons". More like it is not always just the weapons and who has a bigger and more technologically advanced army. I heard on the radio where they were discussing geopolitical stuff, it wasn't about this war, they said the world and the war is not as simple as a country has a bigger...

https://www.pentapostagma.gr/kosmos/enoples-syrraxeis/7363196_giati-i-polemiki-mihani-ton-ipa-den-tha-isopedosei-toys-iranoys The era of carrier-dominated air power is fading as cheap, unmanned anti-ship weapons reshape naval warfare, whether American planners are ready for it or not...

https://www.pentapostagma.gr/kosmos/mesi-anatoli/7363149_iran-htypima-sta-emirata-fernei-pagoma-530-dis-dolarion Tehran has struck its only economic refuge and Abu Dhabi is responding mercilessly Tehran's decision to launch a massive attack with 393 missiles and 1,835 drones against the United...

https://en.protothema.gr/2026/03/17/how-the-war-in-iran-hit-turkey/ Overview: A Region in Flux Following the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure on February 28, 2026—codenamed Operation Epic Fury—Turkey has found itself in an increasingly untenable...

https://www.pentapostagma.gr/ethnika-themata/kypros/7361570_ti-ethnikotitas-kai-eidoys-ypobryhio-ektoxeyse-pyrayloys-pros-iran The occupied “Presidency Disinformation Center” denies - Anger at Turkey: “The US is using the island of Cyprus and its territorial waters as if it were under their...

1st: the 12 islands are demilitarized by treaty. The treaty was signed between Italy and Greece and Turkey was not a party to the agreement and has NOT signed it. 2nd: Turkey does not recognize the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), because it has NOT signed it and is...

https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/03/19/paphos-near-mid-air-collision-turkey-france-aircraft/ A serious aviation incident was narrowly avoided over Paphos on Wednesday afternoon, after two military aircraft—one Turkish and one French—came dangerously close during operations in the region...

https://www.pentapostagma.gr/ethnika-themata/kypros/7358569_giati-trizei-i-toyrkiki-thesi-stin-kypro-i-dilosi-dendia-gia Dendias' statement on the withdrawal of 40,000 Turkish soldiers from the island causes anger in Turkey, which knows that after the war in Iran everything changes. The Turkish...