The aim of the Turkish columnist is the statements of the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis that they may suddenly arrive overnight in Ankara in Greek F-35, responding to the known statements of the Turkish side. The Turkish columnist believes that “the threat of the Greek minister is impossible to implement for technical reasons, because Greece will start receiving F-35s in 2028 at the Araxos base, their combat radius is 1,081 km from takeoff to the target and it is impossible for them to take off from Araxos, hit Ankara and return without refueling in the air, as Greece does not have aerial refueling aircraft”.

Sendir then becomes more defiant, saying that “in an environment where the Greek health minister says he can hit Ankara with planes that haven’t even arrived yet, this is a travesty and this minister cannot provide the necessary services health to the Greek people”. “As Turkey,” he says, “should we help Greece in organ transplants, especially brain transplants?” Milliet’s editorial director does not limit himself to maligning the Greek minister, but goes further, explaining that “when Turkey said it might come suddenly overnight, it meant coming to the islands, which should be unarmed according to international agreements, but they have become arsenals, and to disarm them”.

“Fire” and against Germany

The op-ed article also attacks Germany for blocking the sale of Eurofighter to Turkey, because this, the Turkish columnist claims, “means you are siding with Athens”.

Not even the Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias escapes the fire of Ozai Sendir, for whom he uses unacceptable expressions. But he characterizes the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis as an extremely intelligent politician, who, according to Sendir, “should prefer an intelligent enemy to a stupid friend”.