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Turkey opens investigation after Greek newspaper insults Erdogan

The spat comes amid tensions between Athens and Ankara over drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation over a headline that insulted Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a Greek newspaper last week. 

On Friday, right-wing Greek newspaper Dimokratia published the headline “F*** off, Mr. Erdogan” in Turkish, along with an English translation, in a story about the two NATO countries' dispute over drilling rights in the Mediterranean Sea. 

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