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This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)

EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his party members, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece’s prime minister has warmly thanked France for its decision to boost its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Greece welcomes French boost as tension rises in east Med

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Turkish Defense Ministry, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, in red and white, is surrounded by Turkish navy vessels as it was heading in the west of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey, Monday, Aug 10, 2020. Tension remains high between Greece and Turkey, whose warships are in the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey has sent a research vessel to carry out seismic research for energy resources in an area Greece says is on its continental shelf.(Turkish Defense Ministry via AP, Pool)

Turkish ship starts energy search; Greece issues warnings

By SUZAN FRASER and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a cabinet meeting, in Ankara Turkey, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. The government of Greece slammed Turkey's announcement that it will be conducting energy exploration in an area of the eastern Mediterranean that Athens says overlaps its continental shelf, as tension over the rights to natural resources increased sharply in the region Monday.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey vows to press ahead with energy search amid tensions

By SUZAN FRASER and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, July 27, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. A top Turkish official said Tuesday that Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his aides to &quot;be constructive and put this on hold for some time,&quot; presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Greece slams Turkish move on gas exploration in eastern Med

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Local resident Christos Pavlou takes a photograph of his sunken car after a storm at the village of Bourtzi, on Evia island, northeast of Athens, on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Seven people, including an elderly couple and an 8-month-old baby, have been found dead as a storm hit the Greek island of Evia, authorities said Sunday. One person was still missing and dozens of others were trapped by floodwaters in their homes and cars. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece: Missing man’s body found after deadly storm; 8 dead

By ELENA BECATOROS and SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front center, takes part in Friday prayers in Hagia Sophia, at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. Erdogan joined worshipers on July 24 for the first Muslim prayers in 86 years inside the Istanbul landmark that served as one of Christendom's most significant cathedrals, a mosque and a museum before its conversion back into a Muslim place of worship.(Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkish president slams Egypt-Greece deal, drilling resumes

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Egypt, Greece sign maritime deal to counter Libya-Turkey one

By NOHA ELHENNAWY - Associated Press

A damaged car sits in toll stations still under construction in the village of Ardanio, near Alexandroupolis town, northeastern Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Police say the car believed to have been transporting migrants who recently illegally entered the country and crashed into roadworks on a highway overnight, killing seven people and injuring five. (e-evros.gr via AP)

7 dead, 5 injured in migrant car crash in northern Greece

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22 migrant kids with medical needs go to Germany from Greece

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In this photo taken Monday, July 27, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, anchored off the coast of Antalya on the Mediterranean, Turkey. A top Turkish official said Tuesday that Turkey will suspend research for oil and gas exploration in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his aides to &quot;be constructive and put this on hold for some time,&quot; presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told Turkish broadcaster CNN Turk.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey to suspend research in waters disputed with Greece

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Greek Prime Minister's Office, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis, second left, his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, left, pose next to U.S. actor Tom Hanks , right, and his wife Rita Wilson holding up their new Greek passports, in the island of Antiparos, Greece on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Greece offered citizenship Hanks, Wilson, and their two children, in recognition of the family's help in assisting victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018. (Greek Prime Minister's Office via AP)

Tom Hanks and wife get Greek citizenship for wildfire aid

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Spectators listen a concert at Odeon of Herodes Atticus as the city of Athens is seen on the background on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The ancient theaters of Herodes Atticus in Athens and Epidaurus in the southern Peloponnese area have reopened for performances with strict seating limits and public health safety guidelines. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

AP PHOTOS: Ancient Greek theaters return to life in pandemic

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and PETROS GIANNAKOURIS - Associated Press

Faithful wait at the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, Friday, July 24, 2020. Hundreds of Muslim faithful were making their way to Istanbul's landmark monument Friday to take part in the first prayers in 86 years at the structure that was once Christendom's most significant cathedral and the &quot;jewel&quot; of the Byzantine Empire then a mosque and museum before its re-conversion into a Muslim place of worship. The conversion of the edifice, has led to an international outcry. (AP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens as a mosque for Muslim prayers

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

A child looks out of a window of a plane as a group of migrant children with health issues board a plane to Germany, at Athens International Airport, Friday, July 24, 2020. German Foreign Heiko Maas, on a visit to Athens this week, said his country would follow through in its pledge to assist Greece with the relocation of unaccompanied minors and other children at refugee camps in Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece sends 18 migrant kids with medical needs to Germany

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Fire burns near the village of Galataki as authorities evacuate the place near Corinth, Greece, on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. More than 250 firefighters, backed by water-dropping aircraft, were struggling Wednesday to contain a large wildfire fanned by strong winds that has forced the evacuation of five settlements in southern Greece. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

As winds drop, firefighters see gains against Greek wildfire

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In this photograph taken from the Mediterranean shores near the city of Antalya, Turkey, a view of the research vessel Oruc Reis, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Turkey rejected claims by Greece that its oil-and-gas research vessels were encroaching on Greek territory in the eastern Mediterranean and said it would continue to defend its legitimate rights and interests in the region. But a Foreign Ministry statement issued Wednesday also renewed a call by Ankara for dialogue to resolve the dispute between the two NATO allies. (Semih Ersozler/DHA via AP)

Greece will do ‘whatever necessary’ in dispute with Turkey

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

A firefighting plane drops water on a hill side, near the seaside area Kechries, near Corinth, Greece, on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Homes have been evacuated at three sites near the southern Greek city of Cornith as firefighters struggled to contain a hillside blaze. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greece: Homes, camp evacuated due to wildfire near Corinth

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during an event in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)

Turkey rejects Greece accusation of Mediterranean violation

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Workers pull a wire rope as they prepare to raise a shipwreck on Salamina island, west of Athens, on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Greece this year is commemorating one of the greatest naval battles in ancient history at Salamis, where the invading Persian navy suffered a heavy defeat 2,500 years ago. But before the celebrations can start in earnest, authorities and private donors are leaning into a massive decluttering operation. They are clearing the coastline of dozens of sunken and partially sunken cargo ships, sailboats and other abandoned vessels. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

AP PHOTOS: Greece’s great declutter at battle coastline

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS - Associated Press