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  2. 2020 Greek–Turkish border crisis - Wikipedia

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    2020 Greek–Turkish border crisis. The events at the Greek-Turkish border along the Evros river in 2020 began on 28 February 2020 when the Turkish government announced that in response to the death of 33 Turkish soldiers in Idlib, [1] it was unilaterally opening its borders to Greece to allow refugees and migrants seeking refuge to reach the ...

  3. Maritsa - Wikipedia

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    Maritsa or Maritza (Bulgarian: Марица [mɐˈrit͡sɐ]), also known as Evros (Greek: Έβρος) and Meriç (Turkish: Meriç), is a river that runs through the Balkans in Southeast Europe. With a length of 480 km (300 mi), [ 3 ] it is the longest river that runs solely in the interior of the Balkan peninsula , and one of the largest in ...

  4. Greece–Turkey relations - Wikipedia

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    Turkey used the election of Muftis by the Muslim Turkish minority in Greece as a condition for opening Halki Seminary which was closed in 1971. [160] As a reaction in 1972, Greece closed a Turkish school in Rhodes. [160] In recent years [when?], Turkey has used its cultural heritage, such as Sumela Monastery, to achieve political ends. [161] [162]

  5. Alexandroupolis - Wikipedia

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    Alexandroupolis is about 14.5 km (9.0 mi) west of the delta of the Evros, 40 km from the border with Turkey, 346 km (215 mi) from Thessaloniki on the newly constructed A2 Egnatia Odos motorway, and 750 km (470 mi) from Athens.

  6. Greece–Turkey border - Wikipedia

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    Greece Turkey. Length. 212 km (132 mi) [1] Greece–Turkey land border. The Greece–Turkey border (Greek: Σύνορα Ελλάδας–Τουρκίας, romanized: Sýnora Elládas–Tourkías, Turkish: Türkiye–Yunanistan sınırı) is around 200 kilometres (120 mi) long, and separates Western Thrace in Greece from East Thrace in Turkey.

  7. 2021 Evros floods - Wikipedia

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    During the period of 12 January and February 2021, the rivers Erythropotamos (Greek: Ερυθροπόταμος) and Evros (Greek: Έβρος) also known as Maritsa (Bulgarian: Марица, Turkish: Meriç) overflowed twice because of heavy rainstorms resulting in severe floods of the areas around the rivers, that led to 1 death [1] and serious damages to private and public property.

  8. Greek court OKs extradition of Turkish citizen who awaits ...

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    Greece's Council of State has ruled in favour of extraditing a Turkish businessman, legal sources told Reuters on Wednesday, who is wanted by Ankara to serve a prison sentence for crimes including ...

  9. Evros (regional unit) - Wikipedia

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    Evros is the northernmost regional unit. It borders Turkey to the east, across the river Evros, and it borders Bulgaria to the north and the northwest. Its capital is Alexandroupolis. Together with the regional units Rhodope and Xanthi, it forms the geographical region of Western Thrace. The population density was 32 per km 2 (2021).