“Unfortunately, it is part of the escalation of extreme rhetoric from Turkey that we witness on a daily basis,” the same sources note.
Diplomatic sources describe the public posting of the map by Erdogan’s government partner, Devlet Bahtceli, which includes the Aegean islands, as well as Crete, in Turkish territory as a “particularly aggressive, provocative and reprehensible act”.
“Unfortunately, it is part of the escalation of extreme rhetoric from Turkey that we witness on a daily basis,” the same sources note.
And they conclude that “we expect the immediate categorical and public disapproval of this unacceptable act of questioning the territorial sovereignty of our country”.
It is noted that yesterday, the head of the far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) visited the “headquarters” of the Gray Wolves and in a meeting he had with their leader, Bakhceli received from the type leader of the organization, Ahmet Yigit Yildirim, a board with the map of of the Aegean, showing the Greek islands, including Crete, included in Turkish territory in red.
Our leader Sn. Devlet Bahçeli Beyefendi Ülkü Ocakları Genel Merkezimizi ziyaret etti.
Türk Dünyası’nın Bilge Lideri, Turkımın Sn. Devlet Bahçeli Beyefendi’yi Cenab-ı Allah başımızdan eksik emasin, uzun ümerler versin.🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/yFFQJ7Tyqb
— Ülkü Ocakları (@Ulku_Ocaklari) July 9, 2022
In fact, speaking earlier to SKAI, the internationalist and Deputy Minister of Education, Angelos Syrigos, described Bakhtseli as “an amalgam of nationalists and Nazis”.
“In Turkey, they are entering a pre-election period and such incidents are sure to occur, especially from Bakhceli, who is an amalgam of nationalists and Nazis,” he said characteristically. He also noted that this particular Turkish politician represents the most extreme tendencies of Turkish society and that he sells to his people. “Those who vote for him are voting for him. For his extreme positions”, he pointed out.
In fact, the Deputy Minister of Education commented that the new map of Bahtceli goes one step further than the “Blue Homeland”.
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