At “Blue Homeland” i mentionedand the Minister of Defense of Turkey, Yasar Guler in his first message to the Turkish naval men. According to what the correspondent of SKAI in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, reports, Guler, after wishing them a happy new year, then sent them a message saying that “you are protectors of the Turkish seas.”

“Our Navy defends our rights and interests in the Blue Motherland, waves our flag from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Boys, heroes who are protectors of the Turkish seas, you are inspired by Chaka Bey, Barbarossa, Chaka Bey and also Kilic Ali Pasha, you succeeded and fulfilled all the tasks assigned to you. Now that we are starting the second century of the Turkish Republic, on the road we started with the vision of the “Century of Turkey”, I believe that you will successfully fulfill all your tasks, that you will work hard to lead the strong and great Turkey into the future” Turkey’s defense minister saidYasar Guler.

Turkish Media: The Dendia visit is a provocation

At the same time, the Turkish media reported on the visit of the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, to Lemnos, describing it as as “provocation”.

“Lemnos must be demilitarized and Dendias visited the airbase there” reports say.

“With the new year came the first news of provocation from Greece. The Minister of Defense of Greece, Nikos Dendias, visited Limnos, which has a demilitarized status, and the minister there visited the F-16 personnel. Dendias made his provocative visit public by announcing it in his message on his social media account. The Greek minister stated that “we are in Lemnos with those who defend our sovereignty”. Dendias met with the personnel of the 130th squadron and the F-16s and later visited the ship “Warrior”. Lemnos is one of the islands that must be demilitarized. Greece has installed both soldiers and weapons systems on this island. When there is a normalization process between Greece and Turkey, Dendias made this visit on the first day of the year and Ankara’s reaction is also expecteds” comments the Turkish television network Haber Global.

Sudden postponement of the test flight of the first Turkish fighter “KAAN”

At the same time, the correspondent of SKAI, Manolis Kostidis, comments on the sudden postponement of the test flight of the first Turkish fighter “KAAN”.

Turkish analysts point out that “we have to arm ourselves as the US gives weapons to Greece and Cyprus”.

“Right now it will fly with two F-16 engines. The F-110 engines. That is, KAAN will fly with two F-16 engines, but we also manufacture our own engines” said military analyst Abdullah Agar.

“There is a need to maintain a new air fleet. You see how the USA is arming Greece with weapons, at the same time building new bases in the “Greek Cypriot administration” (Republic of Cyprus)” pointed out Abdulkadir Selvri, a columnist for Hyrriyet newspaper.

Erdogan’s son’s rally against Israel

Finally, Manolis Kostidis also referred to the large demonstration organized in Istanbul against Israel, which was also attended by Erdoğan’s son, Bilan.

Among other things, Bilan Erdogan called for a “boycott of Israeli companies”.

“We know that they are the same ones who caused the death of our soldiers as well as those who commit genocide in Palestine. We know that only when we are united we can face these massacres” he mentioned during his speech at the big demonstration.

For his part, the political analyst of the newspaper Sozcu commented on this speech saying “Today Bilal Erdoğan did the following, he called for a boycott of companies that have relations with Israel. What does this mean? As a citizen? As president of the foundation? everyone knows he says it on behalf of his father. He says this because he is Erdogan’s son. Then Mrs. Bilal Erdoğan, tell your father not to send an ambassador to Israel.”