Challenges from Turkey continue – Claiming 22 Greek islands

In an aggressive attitude remains the Turkeywith pro-government media following Ankara’s provocative stance, setting issue of claiming 22 Greek islandsciting the “Treaty of Lausanne”, through which they consider that they can challenge their sovereignty.

Milliyet writes on its front page that “Some of the islands that Turkey can claim due to militarization are Rhodes, Chios and Lesvos”while Yeni Safak states that these 22 islands are militarized (with the sole exception of Halki), stressing that “Stratification is a threat”.

In fact, reports from the neighboring country state that Turkey has the sovereignty of nine islands and how in Greece only the right of use was given.

The other side of Turkey

Of course, in the neighboring country there is the other side, that of the opposition media, which stand in the financial disability that dominates the country.

Specifically, The price of gasoline increased by 2.18 pounds (0.12 euros), going to 28.5 pounds (1.58 euros) per liter on average, according to the Birgun newspaper, reflecting an increase of 268%compared to the corresponding period last year.

The same time, Turkey’s national currency is moving rapidly to a record low last December, when the exchange rate reached 18 Turkish lira per euro. The dramatic devaluation of the Turkish pound is combined with galloping inflationwhich rose to its highest level in 24 years in May, suffocating the country’s economy.

Source: News Beast

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