Today, Tayyip Erdoğan repeated his claims about a “blue homeland” on the occasion of the statements of CHP MP and former ambassador, Namik Tan, who called the specific accusations “fairy tales” and “expansionist policies”..

In particular, as reported by the correspondent of SKAI in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, commenting on the specific statements in the meeting with the presidents of prefectural organizations of his party, AKP, the Erdogan stated that “from our drilling in Eastern Mediterranean to our balanced stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, we have witnessed the same swing on every issue. Now we see a similar myopic attitude on the issue of the blue homeland. Instead of defending Turkey’s interests, they turn a blind eye to some, calling it a “fairy tale” and accusing our country of expansionism. They use the power given to them by the people not to defend the interests of the country, but to pay attention to Turkey’s opponents. The name of this is irresponsibility, ignorance and frivolity.”

He added that “we will not take the slightest step back in protecting our blue homeland, which is an integral part of our homeland. Let everyone know this. We will continue to defend the rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots until the end.”

“Our line, our character is clear. We are not a country from which you will take its bread, it is taken away when you hit it on the head,” said the Turkish president.

Returning to the crisis that has erupted with Israel with both sides engaged in a war of declarations, Erdogan said that “the lawless state of Israel is a threat to the whole world and to all humanity. Hitler was stopped, albeit slowly. This genocide must be stopped before it is too late. Those holding the strings of the Netanyahu government must stop this network of slaughterers. We are also aware of the plans to spread the Gaza fire throughout the region. Whatever we say, we say it to stop the bloodshed in the region. We are a nation whose national anthem begins with the phrase “fear not.” We are not intimidated by the brazen messages of the keyboard clowns. They will never discourage us from walking the path we believe. They can be ugly all they want, they can’t stop Tayyip Erdoğan from shouting for justice and truth. We will not bow to the provocations of bloodthirsty criminals. We set out on this journey wearing our shroud. There were those who through the front pages of the newspapers said that our time is running out, they fell out. There were those who wanted to overthrow us in a coup. We beat them all.”