While the Turkish exercises EFES are continuing on the coast of Smyrna, Turkish provocations, some verbal and others military, are continuing at an intense rate, increasing tensions at the waters of the Aegean.
In every attempt to convey his propaganda, in a hysterical and delirious fashion and in Greek, Tayyip Erdogan bombarded Twitter with a series of tweets stating the following:
Turkey neither violates anyone’s rights or law, nor lets anyone violate its own rights and law.
We leave it to the international community to decide what it means to demand 40,000 km maritime jurisdiction for Kastellorizo (Megisti) island in the Eastern Mediterranean, which is less than 2km from our country’s mainland but more than 600km from Greece.
Using NATO and third party countries as a tool in this unlawfulness of military exercises on islands that are demilitarized is nothing but an effort that will have a tragic ending.
Simultaneously, despite being a member of the European Union, Greece continues to put pressure on the Turkish Minorities in western Thrace, Rhodes and Kos, ignoring the values of the EU, universal human rights and international agreements.
As an ally that has paid the highest price in every aspect within NATO, we have calmly dealt with the provocations of Greece, which has not even responded to our military delegation meeting invitations for the last 2 years.
However, we see that our counterpart misinterprets our patience and claim.
We once again warn Greece to come to its senses, to avoid dreams, statements and actions that will lead to regret, as it did a century ago.
Turkey will not relinquish its rights in the Aegean and will not refrain from using the powers granted to it by international agreements for the armament of the islands when necessary.
At the same time, a representative of the Turkish government, Omer Celik, in a post on Twitter supports this game of threats by posting photos of the exercises and provocatively stating:
One night, we will suddenly come.
E.SY. ANNOUNCEMENT 15/05/2022 (PART A) - ARTEMIS SORRAS
