The Greek Current

When it comes to Hamas, Turkish President Erdogan seems to be one of its biggest cheerleaders. This week, he turned up the volume, saying that 1000 Hamas members were being treated in Turkey and that Hamas is even defending Turkish lands against Israel. Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look into these statements, a recent report in The Times connecting Hamas and Turkey, and the

Andreas Akaras, an attorney with the law firm Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday who is part of the team representing the victims of the Sheridan Circle attacks, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the letter over 70 members of Congress sent to the Biden administration this week, urging it to hold Turkey accountable for the 2017 attack by Erdogan’s security guards against American

Nikos Efstathiou, an Athens based journalist and author, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how social media is becoming the new battleground in Greece ahead of June's European elections, what’s at stake for Greece’s political leaders, and how this election is also taking on an international character.

Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why the rejection of the Annan plan 20 years ago needs to be revisited, and its historic significance reconsidered. We also look into other regional developments - from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with Turkish President Erdogan to the latest diplo

North Macedonia’s new president, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, has sparked a diplomatic crisis with Greece following her decision during her swearing in ceremony to refer to her country simply as “Macedonia” rather than the constitutional name “North Macedonia.” John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera’s Southeast Europe correspondent, j

Alexandra Voudouri, Kathimerini’s Brussels correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the rise of the far right, how radical-right forces are already influencing European policies, and what it means for the future direction of Europe.

Expert Henri Barkey joins Thanos Davelis to look at what we should expect from Turkey's President Erdogan both at home and abroad as he looks to regain the initiative following his party's sweeping defeat in the recent municipal elections.

Expert Tugba Tanyieri Erdemir joins Thanos Davelis to look at what the latest decision by Turkey's government to convert the monastery of Chora - a former Byzantine church and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul - in a mosque will mean for the site, and look at the message it sends on religious freedom, especially in light of the latest USCIRF report.

Over the past two years an area south of Greece’s Peloponnese had become a major location to circumvent sanctions against Russian oil exports. It looks like Greece has now found a way to disrupt these operations. Professor Kostas Ifantis joins Thanos Davelis to discuss what steps Greece is taking to block these oil transfers, examine the question of Greece’s territorial seas, a

Last fall Greece joined the Three Seas Initiative, which brings together 13 EU countries located between the Baltic, Black, Adriatic, and now the Aegean Seas. Expert Ian Brzezinski, who has been following this initiative since it was founded, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why the Three Seas Initiative, which now includes Greece, is so important for the region.