A new era has begun for Greece and Turkey after the recent elections and expectations for a new approach start from Vilnius where the NATO Summit will take place.

As reported by SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidisdespite the fact that Erdogan declared “Mitsotakis yoke”, now things have changed as there is expected to be a new page in Greek-Turkish relations.

According to the Turkish media, the meeting between the two men should take place without the intervention of third countries.

Hurriyet journalist Hade Firat reported that “the elections are over in both countries, strong governments have been established. It’s time for a new page, with good intentions. At the meeting, the structure and tone of the communication between the two countries should be determined in the next period.”

For his part, Sabah journalist Mehil Altinok reports: “If third parties stay out of this, Turkey and Greece can resolve their issues. The two neighboring peoples and states facing each other in the Aegean have no other problem than the involvement of third parties.”

Turkey and Egypt are bridging their relations by appointing ambassadors

Meanwhile, as Turkey and Egypt moved closer by appointing ambassadors, the Turkish opposition is accusing Erdogan of huge past mistakes.

In fact, the opposition media remind us that President Erdoğan stressed about Sisi some time ago:

“Many are those who mediate to reconcile us with Sisi. I don’t accept it and I never will. Why; Because I will not meet with an anti-democrat who jailed Morsi and his associates who have the support of 52% of the Egyptian people. I’m not sitting at the same table with him. Those who say that Erdogan will end up like Morsi have the same logic as that of Sisi. The person called Sisi is such a ruler. I always say the same about him, he is a tyrant and not a democrat. A meeting was held in Egypt yesterday. Members of the EU met together. and the Islamic conference who were guests of the coup d’état Sisi. The death penalty is banned in the EU, it is banned in the EU. But these countries that ban the death penalty met with Sisi who executed 42 people and just last week he executed another 9 young people. In these countries how can you talk about democracy”.

Turkey blocks Sweden’s accession to NATO

At the same time, Turkey’s new foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, puts new obstacles in the way of Sweden’s accession to NATO, stressing that “we are not sure whether Sweden’s accession will strengthen NATO”.

At the same time Ankara is waiting for a response from the US on the F-16s, which may also be delayed, Turkey is vetoing Sweden.

In detail, Turkey’s foreign minister Hakan Fidan emphasized: “In the days when Sweden’s accession to NATO is being discussed, Sweden’s security system does not have a structure that can prevent provocations. It presents an image of not strengthening NATO but burdening it with problems. Clearly this concerns us from a strategic and security point of view. We, as Turkey, did not accept time pressure as a method for this matter. We expect Sweden to fulfill its obligations agreed at the Madrid summit as happened with Finland.”

Erdogan’s son-in-law celebrated production of 500th Bayraktar TB2 drone

Finally, the company of Erdogan’s son-in-law, who is asking Greece to stop arming, celebrated the production of the 500th Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle. Baykar alone has completed production of 580 drones.

As the HaberTurk TV network reports in its report: Turkey’s first Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicle has been exported to most countries in the world. A few days ago the production of the 500th aircraft took place. Together with another 80 drones that have already completed their production, the total number of Bayraktar drones has reached 580! The production of TB2 codenamed TB 500 was celebrated at the Ozdemir Bayraktar Research and Production Center.
Bayraktar TB2 has so far successfully completed 600,000 flight hours and the national participation rate is at 93%. Baykar in 2022 has a turnover of 1.4 billion dollars and is the company that carries out the largest exports of defense material. So far, Bayraktar TB2 has sales contracts in 30 countries.”