Firefighters warn of a "difficult day" ahead, with temperatures are forecast to reach up to 44C (111.2F) on Sunday.

Greece and Turkey have decades of animosity, repeatedly moving towards the brink of war. But when they suffer natural disasters, the foes can briefly become allies.

Turkey is a country of some 82 million people and has far more jet fighters than Greece and a much larger army. Yet by many accounts, Greek pilots are among the best in the world.

More than 100 blazes tear through Greece's islands and mainland, forcing mass evacuations, as deadly heatwave-driven fires ...

Wildfires intensified across southern Europe on Wednesday with a round-the-clock battle to protect the perimeter of Greece’s ...

Turkey, not a signatory to UNCLOS, objects, and has threatened Greece with war should it extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles off its mainland and island coasts in the Aegean ...

Turkey has halted survey work for a major undersea data cable, a move widely seen as a message to Greece and other regional ...

Turkey clearly wants to capitalise on that and show that they offer the same sea and sun products as Greece, said Professor Papatheodorou. “Aegean as a brand name is very strong and Turkey wants ...

Meanwhile, 55 wildfires have broken out in Greece in the past 24 hours; while 50 were dealt with immediately, the Hellenic ...

Greece maintains that islands must be taken into account in delineating a country’s continental shelf, in line with the United Nations Law of the Sea, which Turkey hasn’t signed.

Once sworn enemies, Greece and Turkey are now working out a cautious friendship. But on a historic visit to Greece, Turkey's president brought up some old grudges.