Turkish pro-government daily “Yeni Safak” again raises the topic of Hagia Sophia, with its front-page on 5 November. According to the Turkish newspaper, the Council of State of Turkey is expected to consider converting the museum of the Chora Monastery – with its magnificent mosaics – into a mosque, and its decision is expected to be a precedent for other museums, which were occupied by the Ottoman Empire. and had functioned as mosques, including Hagia Sophia.

Ankara should be “more cautious when referring to Greece,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, following claims from the Turkish Foreign Ministry over the weekend that Greek authorities have pushed back tens of thousands of migrants trying to cross the Aegean Sea into Europe this year.

In a highly provocative letter to the UN General Assembly Director, which was subsequently made public by the UN, the Turkish permanent representative, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu accused the Greek Cypriots of committing ethnic cleansing against the Turkish Cypriots between 1963-1974.