Ankara is trying to set the terms of the dialogue with Athens on the “differences in the Aegean, the islands and the eastern Mediterranean” with yesterday’s statements by Erdogan’s diplomatic advisor.

According to what the SKAI correspondent broadcasts from Istanbul, Manolis KostidisThe Akif Chagatai Kilic stated yesterday that “Turkey wants dialogue with Greece without the presence and intervention of the EU”. He added that “we have serious differences in the Aegean, the islands and the Eastern Mediterranean”.

In detail, Kilits said: “We have serious differences of opinion in the Aegean, on the islands, in the Eastern Mediterranean, regarding the situation prevailing on the island of Cyprus. However there is a history that we share, we live together in the same geography, we live together in the same region. (…) In other words, if you approach everything in its context solidarity within the European Union, we will not be able to find a solution. But if we examine them in bilateral framework, then it might be possible to make progress in some areas. This is what we are trying to promote.”

Blue Homeland maps are back

Maps of the Blue Homeland have reappeared in the Turkish media, with analysts reporting that the islands have no continental shelf, no influence.

Brigadier General Ozgiur Tor said: “Here normally the islands do not have a continental shelf but only rural waters. They have no continental shelf. Another is the issue of an archipelagic state. This map here with the white line is “the map of Seville”.

» This island, like the small Kastellorizo ​​which must be somewhere near here, cannot have any influence. Because the island has no continental shelf but only territorial waters. But the real EEZ is this. Big difference. And we are talking about an Exclusive Economic Zone, but it is important not only for underwater wealth, but also for fishing.”

Turmoil from the L’Express article

Discomfort in Turkey from the Greek-Turkish war scenario and the possible intervention of France, which presented the French magazine L’Express.

“Greece is already receiving French Rafale fighters with French Belharra frigates – The French want to settle in Alexandroupoli as well, reports the report of the Haber Global television network, according to what SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis broadcasts from Istanbul.

The Turkish channel reported: “The France-Greece defense cooperation agreement is presented as a justification for France’s possible intervention. As part of this agreement, ratified by the Greek parliament in 2021, Athens is buying Belharra frigates and Rafale fighters. Greece has already received 17 Rafale fighters and the first frigate in 2025 will be in Greece.

It is also surprising that February 17, 2027 was chosen as the date of the war scenario. This date is just before the election period for the French presidential elections. Recently, the defensive approach between Greece and France has been impressive. As there is the discussion of the use of the port of Alexandroupoli by the French army, an area that is 50 kilometers from Turkey”.

CNN Turk: French provocation

The CNN Turk stated that the Greek-Turkish war scenario is a French provocation, however in the Turkish media concern is expressed by the possibility of French intervention in a Greek-Turkish war.

The CNN Turk said: “At the time when the ice between Athens and Ankara is melting, a provocative news appeared from the Western press. In the scenario of the French press, on February 17, 2027, the forces of Turkey land on two islands in the Aegean in this operation, ships of the Turkish navy and 1,000 men of the special forces participate. The Turkish flag is raised on the islands. 50 Greek soldiers are being held hostage. The Greeks attempt to intervene but lose 5 patrol boats and 10 fighters. Could we say that this is a French provocation for a Greek-Turkish war?”