German Paper Says Merkel Intervention Staved Off Greek-Turkish War

ATHENS – Greece denied a report in the German newspaper Bild that Chancellor Angela Merkel played power broker in calls to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to prevent a war. Greek armed forces were on high alert in the East Mediterranean after Turkey said it would send energy research vessels off the Greek islands of Kastellorizo, Rhodes and Karpathos, violating Greek waters. With the naval forces of both countries on edge but standing down for now, Merkel jumped in, the German newspaper said,...