In the exclusive shots secured by SKAI, the Turkish boats can be seen a breath away from Farmakonisi. The Greek fishermen informed the port authorities about the movements of the Turks and the reaction was immediate – Testimony about the episode – Ankara distorts the reality
New precipitating episode of harassment coast guard vessel in the Eastern Aegean, this time from Turkish exponent. The incident occurred while a Coast Guard patrol boat was performing an ordered service to identify three Turkish fishing boats within Greek territorial waters southeast of Farmakonissi. The Turkish cruiser began to make dangerous maneuvers with the aim of ramming the Greek vessel, whose crew proceeded to fire warning shots.
In this period, for years, the so-called “battle of the bream” with the Turkish fishermen has been starting in the area provocatively to enter the Greek area. They are almost always accompanied by Turkish patrol boats which threaten the Greek fishermen…
The timeline of the episode
The Coast Guard’s patrol boat rushes to Farmakonissi where a flotilla of Turkish fishing boats has invaded Greek waters accompanied by an offshore vessel… the Turkish boat, in a provocative and dangerous move, maneuvers to ram the Greek one.
The operator of the Greek boat tried to avoid the collision, while at the same time the men of the Coast Guard fired warning shots, forcing the Turkish boat to leave…
In the exclusive footage secured by SKAI, the Turkish boats can be seen a breath away from the island… The Greek fishermen informed the port authorities about the movements of the Turks and the reaction was immediate.
A vessel of the Greek coast guard arrived at the point where three Turkish vessels had invaded Greek waters under the supervision of the Turkish patrol. The coast guard float passes the Greek fishing boat and heads towards the Turkish trawlers that were fishing in the area, within Greek territorial waters…
“The Turks notified their own coast guard and came to expel the Greek coast guard from Greek territorial waters, the Turkish coast guard it was two miles, at least, westward into Greek territorial watersovercome Farmakonisi and go” an eyewitness told SKAI.
The Turkish captain immediately developed speed and moved in the direction of the Greek, causing the reaction of the Greek crew.
“The Turkish coastguard made round turns from our Greek coastguard, in the Greek territorial waters to sink him” the eyewitness pointed out to SKAI.
“He comes alongside or he’ll call you on the VHF as a first warning and say ‘you’re in Turkish territorial waters turn back’, he comes alongside you, he’ll maneuver you if you’re a small boat, he’ll 90% sink you, then he’ll start form of the threat and turns the machine gun on you” he stated not.
This time the Turks in a completely provocative manner moved against the Greek Coast Guard patrol boat.
Just 24 hours earlier, the Greek port guards had opened fire on slave traders in Kos in two cases, events that intensify the concern that Ankara might try to escalate the situation even more.
The announcement of the port
“In the morning hours today, a patrol boat LS-EL.AKT., while performing an ordered service to identify three Turkish fishing boats that were fishing in the sea area southeast of Farmakonisi, within Greek territorial waters, was harassed by a Turkish vessel, which performed dangerous maneuvers in order to embolize him.
“Then the crew of the LS-ELAKT patrol boat fired warning shots in a safe area and the Turkish Aktaioros left the spot heading east towards the Turkish coast”.
Ankara distorts reality
A completely different version of what happened was given by the Turkish Coast Guard in a statement, as reported by SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul Manolis Kostidis, reporting… harassment of Turkish fishing vessels by the Greek Coast Guard vessel.
“When the Greek Coast Guard vessel opened fire in the air as it moved away from the area, the Turkish Coast Guard vessel also fired into the air and responded in kind” supported in the announcement.
The conclusion of the Turkish announcement is surprising: “The Turkish Coast Guard Command continues to fulfill its duty to protect our rights and interests in blue homeland, within Turkish maritime jurisdiction on a 24-hour basis”.
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