Tensions are escalating with threats to challenge the sovereignty of the islands, while Erdogan and Bahceli will watch the EFES military exercise from Izmir.
The propaganda that the Greek islands belong to Turkey continues and the tensions escalate with the threats for questioning sovereignty their. The Turkish media experts come out every day to explain why the islands belong to Turkey.
Newspapers cover the subject with headlines such as “Islands must be returned to Turkey” and “The Greeks violated the terms and militarized them”.
Speaking to Haber Turk yesterday, Naim Babouroglou, a university professor, stated that “Turkey succeeded the Ottoman state and the islands were Ottoman”.
“What did we in Lausanne say? How these islands will belong to Greece but under the condition of demilitarization. After violating their status, who had these islands? The Ottoman state. Who is the heir of the Ottoman state? Turkey. These are the words of the documents, the conditions of Lausanne. “After they were given under this condition and after their status was violated, so the discussion about their sovereignty opens and they are returned to their owner.”
At the same time, today Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his far-right partner Devlet Bahceli will watch from Smyrna the military exercise EFES, which is conducted in the wider Aegean region and contains a representation of landing on an island.
According to the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul Manolis Kostidisin Turkey is considered to be a show that will pass messages.
