According to a report by the TR Haber website, which comes with a map of the island showing that it is three-quarters Turkish, Crete, one of the islands whose legal status remained in limbo for a century after the war, never belonged on paper in Greece.
In a new provocative move, the product of ahistorical propaganda, the Turkish website TR Haber, which citing the statements of a retired Turkish officer, he mentioned that 3/4 of Crete belongs to them and only Chania is Greek.
“After the First World War, which resulted in the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, many Turkish-held islands in the Aegean remained undetermined as to their legal status. The most important of these islands, which were gifted to the Greeks by the dominant powers of the time without the approval of Turkey, is undoubtedly Crete, with its position reminiscent of an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Mediterranean“, the publication notes.
And he adds that Crete, one of the islands whose legal status remained in limbo for a century after the war, it never belonged on paper in Greece. “There is no official agreement that Athens owns this entire island“, points out.
He continues the unprovoked propaganda against Greece, stressing that the London Agreement of May 30, 1913 defined the transfer of Crete to the “allied powers”. “These allied states established by England consisted of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia and Greece. After the transfer of Crete to these 4 countries on paper, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Serbia withdrew from the agreement and renounced their rights. With the withdrawal of these three countries, while it was expected thata 3/4 of Crete would pass to its former owner, i.e. the Ottoman Empire, Athens created a de facto situation by claiming the entire island“, he emphasizes.
In fact, the website hosts statements by the former secretary general of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, a retired colonel Yumit Yalimwho stated that “3/4 of Crete is the right of the one who transferred the island to these countries. Ottoman State, is the Republic of Turkey. As early as 1913, none of the agreements regarding the transfer of the 14 islets around Crete to the Ottoman Empire were honored».
He added that there is no article in the London Agreement stating that Crete was abandoned to Athens. “Greece was given a quarter of Crete. The 14 islands, islets and rocks around the island are under the rule of the Ottoman State. Nowhere in the subsequent Athens Agreement is there a statement that Crete was left to Greece. Only one has been confirmed as belonging to Greece,” he pointed out.
Noting that 3/4 of Crete and the surrounding islands of Gavdos, Dia, Dionysades, Gaidouronissi and Koufonisi should be evacuated immediatelyYalim stressed that the Heraklion airbase and the area where the S-300s were stationed on the island remain on the Turkish side of Crete.
“Crete, which was essentially under Greek occupation, has turned into a US garrison, especially in recent years. With the occupation movement at the beginning of the 20th century, the Greeks committed genocide against the Turks, who make up half of the island’s population. There is no trace of Turks in Crete, which was a Turkish land that served as a bridge between Anatolia and Africa until the late 1800s“, he added.
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