The crescent of aggression and revisionism does not stop only at Erdogan and the leaders of the Council of Ministers, but now spreads to the opposition and the Turkish media.
By Penelope Galliou
Provocativeness, aggression, crescendo, delirium, delirium, amok, are just a few of the words that have recently characterized Turkey’s tactics towards Greece. What is perhaps new, according to experts and analysts, is that this attitude does not stop only in his politics Tayyip Erdogan and in leaders of the Council of Ministerswho often come out “more royal than the King” and bid on his challenges, but the aggressive climate is now spreading to the opposition as well competing with the Turkish government on nationalism and unhistorical absurdity, but also on Turkish media They promote and reinforce the “dancing in the hava” propaganda that the Turkish president weighs on them, turning white into black and falsifying every aspect of the history that Greece and Turkey have written over the centuries.
Day by day, step by step, challenge to challenge the Turkish revisionism with raw liestears apart any historical condition and completely distorts reality.
Tactics set me composure, determination and vigilance Athens monitors, responds and internationalizes. Far from outbursts and provocations, he deconstructs every Turkish absurdity with arguments and based on International Law. More and more allies and partners are joining Greece, publicly denouncing and condemning the Turkish provocation, further angering Ankara.
Erdogan’s “fire”
After the “slogan” given by Tayyip Erdogan challenging the sovereignty of the Greek islandswithin a few hours followed an unprecedented bidding on who will raise the tone the most and peak the crescendo of lies and threats against Greece.
THE Mevlüt Tsavousoglu beyond any diplomatic rules and protocol he is supposed to represent as Foreign Minister, he proceeded to another insulting delusion against Greece, re-existently, arbitrarily and provocatively raised the issue of the sovereignty of the islands in the Aegean, reiterating his country’s vain arguments for the demilitarization of the islands, characterized as stupid the answers that Greece gives to Ankara and blamed them Greek politicians for inferiority complex!
It was preceded by anti-Greek extreme delirium of Tayyip Erdogan’s far-right partner Devlet Bahcelilaunching inflammatory and extreme threats against the Dodecanese, accusing Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of seeking an armed conflict with Ankara and insulting it, calling it an instrument of foreign forces
In the same inflammatory tone and his representative Ministry of Defense of Turkey Bucu Naric Yokovalying, reversing the reality and making white black also attacked Greece, claiming that Greece is escalating its aggressive rhetoric, provocations and illegal actions, while it “ended” accusing our country of committing 953 violations in 2022, while it included to the alleged violations and the visits to these islands of the Deputy Minister of Defense Nikos Hardalias!
The answer of Athens
Allegations and insults to which the Greek side objected to its arguments based exclusively on International Law and the Law of the Sea refusing to follow the delusion of falsehood and provocation of the neighbor, which only contributes to the instability of the wider area. As reported by diplomatic sources Regarding the recent statements of a senior Turkish official, including Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu, regarding the “interconnection” of Greek sovereignty of the islands and the adjacent Aegean islands with the alleged obligation to demilitarize these islands, it is pointed out that the Greek side has to the UN Secretary General, rejecting all Turkish arguments “ “The two letters from the Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN Secretary General underline a number of legal arguments that the Turkish side’s unilateral allegations are unfounded, have purely revisionist motives and fuel further instability. its actions “.
The tone was given a little earlier by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who, after clarifying Greece ‘s unwavering ability to defend its sovereignty and sovereign rights, referred to Ankara’ s deadlocked provocation and sent a new message urging the Turkish side not to transfer its rhetoric to the field, he said. Rhetoric that, as the Prime Minister said exceeds the limits and from one point and then becomes graphic. “This is an unpleasant development because I also had the impression after the meeting with President Erdogan that we had found a framework for reconciliation. We had an unprecedented barrage of overflights and a constant shaking of the unthinkable argument for supposedly reduced sovereignty in the Greek islands. This rhetoric can lead us nowhere. “It is the duty of our country to raise this challenge and seek the support of our allies, whether we are talking about the US or the EU. This support came publicly without asterisks and footnotes,” replied the prime minister, who noted that in the past we have seen periods of great intensity in rhetoric. “I hope, I hope and I openly encourage Turkey that this rhetoric will not be translated into more tension in the field. “Greece in any case is ready to defend its sovereignty and sovereign rights”, he underlined, speaking in a discussion during a conference on “The Health System in the New Age”.
“Slap” in Turkey and by the European Parliament
As the culmination of all the extreme behaviors and provocations of Turkey came the report of the European Parliament (EC) for the accession course of Turkey in 2021, which is collage for Ankara regarding its performance in the field of human rights and the rule of law, but also in terms of its provocation towards Greece and Cyprus.
On the Greek-Turkish issue, MEPs are focusing on the new Turkish escalation and deploring the recent statements by Turkish officials questioning Greek sovereignty over some of its islands, which are counterproductive and undermine the security environment in the region, such as they mention. Repeating it a call to all parties to make a sincere collective bargaining effort condemn the harassment of research vessels within the Cyprus EEZ, as well as violations of Greek national airspace, including overflights, on the boundaries of EEZs and the continental shelf in the region on the basis of good faith and international rules.
Condemnation that caused her angry announcement of the Turkish Foreign Ministry referring to biased and unrealistic assessments expressed by the European Parliament report. “This biased attitude damages the reputation of the European Parliament,” he said, referring to “narrow-minded efforts by one or two EU members in the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Cyprus issue”, meaning Greece and Cyprus.
