The head of the Turkish navy, Erzumed Tatlioglu, made provocative statements against Greece during his speech yesterday Friday at the naval academy.

As it transmits the correspondent of SKAI from Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, the head of the navy of Turkey questions the sovereignty of the Greek islands, islets and islets and calls for their demilitarization.

At the same time, he launched accusations against Greece for provocative actions in the Aegean.

“Greece, instead of making efforts to solve (the problems), is constantly involved and escalates tensions. For example, it increases its defense budget. Purchases 4 Belharra frigates from France. Buys 24 Rafale fighters. Was going to buy 18, increased by 6 more. The US has become our western neighbor. They have 3 major bases in Greece at the moment. There are islands with demilitarized status. Of the 23 of these islands, 19 are militarized. We have islets and islets whose sovereignty and ownership is contested. They try to make them their own, visiting them as if they were their own islands! On the one hand, they try to dictate their own strategies when the right environment exists. Greece increased its territorial waters to the west to 12 miles in 2020. It is trying to send the following message. If I get the chance, I will increase them to 12 miles in the Aegean. Greece takes the EU behind it and tries to prove that the islands belong to it. It constantly harasses our planes, helicopters and ships. There are a total of 32 harassments and these harassments continue to grow” he said characteristically.

Also, Erzumed Tatlioglu argued that there is a block between Greece – Cyprus – Israel and Egypt against Turkey.

“It is constantly harassing our aircraft, helicopters and ships. There are a total of 32 harassments and these harassments are still growing. We support the legitimate government in Libya. However, France and Greece launched an operation to prevent this support. With this operation they are trying to reduce our support for Libya and its legitimate government. For this reason, they are trying to cut off our contact with Libya by conducting an operation in the northern part of Libya. In another escalating activity, it prevents us from using the Aegean Sea by declaring various areas in the Aegean exercise areas” pointed out and continued:

In the eastern Mediterranean, no state can declare its own EEZ. Because there are too many countries and maritime jurisdictions are intertwined. The Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) in the south of Cyprus and Greece in the south of Crete have declared various maritime zones and are trying to claim the riches there for themselves. They intend to hinder the Turkish Navy and us by conducting joint exercises. Greece’s goal is to assume the leading role in the region. Greece has double standards in all its practices. For example, while it defines areas of maritime jurisdiction with Italy, it does not grant maritime jurisdiction over its own islands, saying that the islands have no maritime jurisdiction. When he is going to make such a deal with us, he wants 41 thousand square kilometers of maritime jurisdiction over the 10 square kilometer Kastelorizo” concluded.