Libération: Erdogan multiplies war declarations against Greece

In a report titled “Escalation: Turkey shows its teeth against Greece”, the newspaper Libération notes that in the run-up to the 2023 presidential election and in the context of galloping inflation, Turkish President Erdogan is multiplying his war rhetoric. .

“After Mitsotakis’s visit to the United States, Erdogan became nervous. But we are not entering into this rhetorical game,” Tassos Hadjivassiliou, a New Democracy lawmaker and the party’s international relations director, told the newspaper. internal public opinion “.

If this is one of Erdogan’s goals, another is the “pursuit of regional hegemony,” the paper said, adding that proof is the occupation of northern Cyprus since 1974 or much of northern Syria and Iraq.

The article explains the Turkish idea of ​​”Blue Homeland” and citing a diplomatic source notes that the memorandum on the delimitation of maritime zones that Turkey signed with the government of the Libyan National Accord in November 2019, instead of illegal, is illegal. of the sea”.

“Deep down, Erdogan is trying to give a legal framework to his idea of ​​a Blue Homeland. “his illegal position”, Tasos Hadjivassiliou finally states in the newspaper, pointing out that Greece is “the guarantor of stability and democracy in the region”.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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