His government partner Erdogan, Devlet Bakhcelisaid yesterday that “Israel’s target is not Beirut or Tehran, but Ankara and Istanbul”.

Bakhceli said: “Today the issue is not Beirut, it’s Ankara! Today the target is not Damascus, Tehran, Sanaa or Baghdad, it is Istanbul! Today the hidden agenda is the Turkish homeland.

Today, the next stage, the final field, the final account of rockets launched, bullets, bombs and organized murders, chaotic and anarchic upheavals spreading daily, is the geography of Anatolia.

Turkey is in the hidden agenda of Israeli terrorism, imperialism and global brutality.”

“Erdogan wants us to discuss the nonsense of attacking Israel”

SOZCU TV: “Here we have NATO radars, we are members of NATO and we also have the S-400s which we do not use”

Fatih Portakal- SOZCU TV PRESENTER: “We know that Erdogan is talking about a threat, but he is doing it for political reasons. How will this happen? We have no land borders. Also, we are members of NATO and in case we are attacked NATO will protect us. How will it happen? OK he could do something through the PKK, in northern Syria, in northern Iraq with Mossad operations but not an attack. But here we have Kyurejik! When Iran launched the missiles, you all know that the early warning radar of the Kuredzik was working and sending a signal. That is, if Israel launches rockets, which it could do, you have Kurezik or make some attack through the Internet. But what are we talking about, this is what Erdogan is doing. His goal is this, to discuss nonsense! If Israel launches, we have the Kurezik, we have the S-400s that we don’t use! So we have the Curecik radar, which is also protected by American soldiers, it is a NATO base. And the circle that is seen is the range of its radar when a ballistic missile is launched it detects it immediately.”

“We make concessions to Greece as if we have lost a war”

Accusations from the initiator of the “Blue Homeland” towards the Turkish government.

Cem Gourdeniz, retired admiral: “The Minister (Gerapetritis) basically says that we have to abandon the borders of the continental shelf in the Mediterranean, which we declared 4 years ago. Will concessions be made on this matter?

How can the Greek Minister say that there is a climate of de-escalation and trust in the Aegean, when there are so many provocations and violations in the Aegean, when the Greek Navy has been conducting Special Forces exercises against Turkey in recent weeks, or when we have stopped participating in NATO exercises because of the air border problem?

In short, we seem to be withdrawing from the seas under US and EU pressure. As of 2020, there has been no movement in the Mediterranean. There are no seismic surveys or drilling.

The most interesting thing is that we are forced to make concessions with Greece as if we had fought a war and lost. Only the people have the power to make concessions on behalf of future generations regarding the maritime interests embodied by the ‘Blue Fatherland’. No one can be held accountable for geopolitical losses. What the Greek Minister said to the e/f is of course his own business, but it is obvious that he started a new process by talking about a very sensitive issue, which is diplomatically used to remain confidential”.

Turkish opposition: “There is no threat from Israel. Erdogan makes claims to change agenda”

“We have not been told anything new about a threat from Israel”

OZGYUR OZEL- PRESIDENT OF NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY: Let me tell you the essence and conclusion of what was said. Turkey should not worry about what Erdogan said (threat from Israel). They have no data to back them up. There is no evidence, given, that they will attack us today or in the future. They didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already know. And I want to tell our people. We had suspicions, worries! But today I am sure. In order for Turkey not to discuss unemployment, inflation, punctuality, problems of survival, Erdogan declared that Israel will attack us and they are discussing them on TV and in newspapers. It changes Turkey’s agenda. But he abused our national security issues.”