Erdogan’s threats in Greek, Athens’ response, role of Olaf Soltz

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At the height of his anti-Greek frenzy and in writing, Tayyip Erdogan published a series of tweets written in Greek, reiterating the Turkish threats on the Aegean islands, invoking the Asia Minor catastrophe again.

By Penelope Galliou

With documents and irrefutable evidence of it timeless Turkish expansion Athens “drops” the unhistorical and provocative accusations of Ankara, which continues to invent new ways of escalating the tension against Greeceeven with cheap communication “tricks” like the post of Tayyip Erdogan in Greek with new incendiary threats against Greece.

The message of the Greek side, on the other hand, is serious, strict and clear: “Nothing at all and in no way can harm our sovereign rights and our national sovereignty” interrogated the government spokesman. The means in this direction are two: the diplomatic information marathon and internationalization of the Turkish provocation and the Greek argumentation and at the same time the continuous upgrade, vigilance and readiness of the Armed Forces of the country.

A harsh response was given to the new barrage of Turkish challenges that culminated with Extreme statements by Tayyip Erdogan in Greek through his twitter account.

As pointed out by government spokesman Giannis Economou, “It is noteworthy that President Erdogan chose to express himself in Greek. It is well known that Greek is the language of logic, freedom and law. Its native users and the western world know it very well. The tactics chosen by Turkey are not falls into either of these versions “.

Earlier o Prime Minister During his speech at the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards ceremony, he referred to Turkey as neighbor “who is as isolated as he is angry” and called for unity, emphasizing that it is time for a national rally against an unpredictable neighbor, for prudent management and continuous interventions to ensure a creative and smooth daily life.

Erdogan’s written threats

Tayyip Edogan, culminating in the writing of his anti-Greek delusion, published a series of tweets written in Greek, reiterating the Turkish threats on the Aegean islands invoking again the Asia Minor catastrophe.

“We warn Greece once again to be prudent, to stay away from dreams, rhetoric and actions that will lead it to results for which it will regret, as happened a century ago”, typically mentioned by Tayyip Erdogan.

He insisted on falsifying history and reality, claiming that “Turkey, as it will not relinquish its rights in the Aegean, will not hesitate to make use of the rights recognized by international agreements. on the issue of demilitarization of the islands“…. does not violate the rights and the law of anyone, but it does not allow the violation of its rights and the law by anyone”.

“The importance of claiming 40,000km2 of maritime jurisdiction for Megisti, located in the Eastern Mediterranean and less than 2km from the mainland of our country, while from mainland Greece over 600km, we leave to the discretion of the international community.” He wrote.

In fact, he made sure to remind her again his annoyance about the allied relations of Greece Mr.The support that the Greek positions enjoy, talking about an attempt to instrumentalize NATO that will have a disastrous end: an effort that will have a catastrophic end “he warned, while he concluded by saying that Turkey’s patience and composure are misunderstood by Greece.

Turkish annoyance about the maps of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ankara’s frustration was further exacerbated by the Greek Foreign Ministry’s in-depth coverage of decades of uninterrupted Turkish revisionism, with the publication of sixteen maps depicting, in a vivid and unequivocal way, the Turkish illegal, unilateral actions and accusations, as mentioned in a relevant announcement. This is, after all, the line of confrontation of the Turkish irrationality against our country from the very beginning. and myths promoted by Ankara.

Challenge of Ankara’s positions by Turkish diplomats

However, the Turkish objections that challenge the sovereignty of the Greek islands are now finding critics inside Turkey as well and while Tayyip Erdogan continues the delusion and threats, important voices from Ankara are clearly expressing their disagreement.

Two former Turkish ambassadors, basing their arguments on the treaties signed,object to the legitimacy of the Turkish president’s allegations.

This is him Turkish Ambassador in honor of Yalim Erald who in the clearest way, took the side of Greece in this endless aggressive absurdity of Ankara against our country, stating in an interview that “Greece is right”.

With a rich diplomatic biography, Yalim Eralp, who served as an advisor to Mesut Yilmaz and Tansu Ziller and, among others, served in the Turkish Permanent Mission to the United Nations and NATO, at the Washington embassies, said in an interview with while he argued that objecting to this would make Turkey an “aggressive state”.

As a scholar of international law, the Turkish ambassador referred to the Treaty of Lausanne, stressing that “Whether we like it or not, Lausanne has given Greece islands outside the three-mile zone. “It’s not enough. Because if you say that, others will say go and take the occupied islands,” he said.

In a similar vein, Ambassador Selim Küneralp, who served as the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s director of European Affairs, says the tension hurts Turkey as Athens strengthens its diplomatic alliances around the world.

As Selim Kuneralp commented, “Based on the latest developments, the escalation of tension with Greece favors this country, as the voices for restraint are addressed to Turkey and Greece has reaped the fruits of this crisis. We saw it in Chancellor Soltz’s speech last year. week that supported the Greek positions “.

The visit of the German Chancellor

The Turkish escalation of tension but also the current presence of German Chancellor Olaf Soltz in Thessalonikiin the framework of the Summit of the South East European Cooperation Process, occupied the meeting that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias had with the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Palace.

The German Chancellor is coming to our country at the invitation of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and will attend a dinner at the Summit where the Prime Ministers of the Balkans, the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council, Charles Michel.

A presence of particular importance that has already begun to irritate Ankara, with the Turkish media to launch the first warning shots against Athens. They talk about a “calendar of challenges of Athens” that will start from today’s Thessaloniki Summit and will reach the NATO Summit on June 28-30.

The main goal of Greek diplomacy is mobilizing the support of friends and partners in the conflict with Ankara over the escalation of tensions on the part of Turkey and in this context, Germany plays an important role in Europe and the West. It has been preceded by a positive shift of Berlin from the policy of “equal distances” to the Greek-Turkish issue, in support of the Greek positions, after the meeting of Mr. Soltz with the Greek Prime Minister on the sidelines of the last extraordinary Summit in Brussels in late May. . The statements of the government spokesman in Berlin criticized the Turkish provocations, the overflights of the Turkish fighters over the Aegean but also Erdogan’s attitude towards Greece and something similar is expected by Athens from the presence of the German Chancellor today in Thessaloniki.

However, German analysts do not believe that Olaf Soltz will repeat the mediating role assumed by Angela Merkel in 2020, then de-escalated the situation in the Aegean as they believe that such a mediation initiative requires the consent of both sides and as it is – so far known – Tayyip Erdogan does not want to have anything to do with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, until recently. Ίδωμεν.

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