Scenarios for “siege” of Turkey by Greece, the USA and France are seen by analysts from the neighboring country, to the point that … they wonder if Athens is militarizing the Aegean islands because it is “preparing for war”. In particular, in the newspaper Aksam columnist Turgay Guler argues that Turkey is under siege by […]
Tag: Greek-Turkish relations
SYRIZA source for Turkey-US: Instead of condemning our challenges, they are selling F35
By Niki Zorba While in SYRIZA they are still running with their own, the waters of the internal party election that still cause arrhythmias within the party ( see complaints and headaches about the new Central Committee, quotas and the issue of the secretary), Koumoundourou is watching the developments on the National Front with all […]
Athens is calmly watching the new crescendo of Turkish provocation
By Dimitris Gatsios Athens calmly follows Ankara’s tactics to follow the path of incendiary rhetoric and provocations, raising the tension in the region, in a scene of spring and summer 2020. The results produced by Mr. Mitsotakis’s visit to the United States in a geopolitical, national, energy and defense environment have created widespread frustration not […]
Erdogan’s reaction to Mitsotaki’s speech in Congress: “Let’s reconsider the issue of strategic partnership”
Under the headline “Erdogan’s reaction to Mitsotakis: He said no third parties should intervene, but he went and spoke to the US”, the daily Hurriyet reports that during a meeting of the AKP Central Committee (May 19), President Tayyip Regarding the statements of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis who protested against Turkey, Erdogan said that […]
Turkish provocation posed to Latin American governments by PM’s adviser I. Pipinis
The issue of Turkish provocation, as well as issues of tourism and trade cooperation were discussed by the Special Adviser to the Prime Minister for Latin America, Jason Pippin, during his meetings with the ministers of the governments of Bolivia and Peru, during his visit to the two Andean countries. “Turkey undermines security in Europe. […]
Foreign Ministry Spokesman: Unprecedented increase in tensions and provocative behavior by Turkey
“An unprecedented increase in tension and provocative behavior on the part of Turkey,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros Papaioannou said in a regular briefing to diplomatic correspondents. As he pointed out, in one day, last Wednesday we had 168 airspace violations and 42 overflights. Overflights were made from above Greek territory and residential areas on several […]
Τζ. Payat: ‘We are always worried about a possible incident in the Aegean’
“The Greece-Turkey crisis in the summer of 2020 was the most difficult period of my term,” Jeffrey Payat said in an interview with ERT. “We are always worried about a possible accident in the Aegean,” said the outgoing US ambassador, clarifying that the United States had made it clear that it supported the actions of […]
Τζ. Payat: ‘We are always worried about a possible accident in the Aegean’
“The Greece-Turkey crisis in the summer of 2020 was the most difficult period of my term,” Jeffrey Payat said in an interview with ERT. “We are always worried about a possible accident in the Aegean,” said the outgoing US ambassador, clarifying that the United States had made it clear that it supported the actions of […]
Turkey: It’s Greece doing ‘provocative actions’ – ‘Violate our airspace’
Statements about “provocative actions” of the Greek Air Force and violations of Turkish airspace were made by the representative of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tanzu Bilgic, as broadcast by the SKAI correspondent in Turkey. Responding to the Greek side’s complaints against the Turkish overflights over Greek islands in the Aegean, T. Bilgits states […]
N. Androulakis: Main elements of Turkey’s policy are unrepentant revisionism and the absence of the rule of law
Despite any tactics, the absence of any notion of the rule of law and the desire to return to a so-called “imperial” past, remain key elements of the Turkish government’s policy, notes PASOK-Movement for Change leader Nikos Androulakis, on the occasion of yesterday’s news. conviction of Osman Kavala by a Turkish court. In particular, in […]
