Greek-Turkish relations are going through a critical period as Turkey now abandons the theory of only the demilitarization of the islands and goes so far as to say that it will challenge their sovereignty.
In particular, Turkey says it will challenge the sovereignty of islands such as Lesvos, Chios, Ikaria, Samos, Rhodes, Kos, Lemnos and Samothrace in case they are not demilitarized, as broadcast by Manolis Kostidis from Istanbul. .
At the same time, a climate is being created in the Turkish press, which points out that the “Hellas turns the islands into an arsenal of fighters “.
Turkey has been raising its voice in recent months, reinstating Casus Belli twice in the event that it expands its waters, promoting the Blue Homeland, the Turko-Libyan Memorandum, while favoring the demilitarization and sovereignty of the islands.
A few hours after the statements of Mr. Tsavousoglou on state television, and coverage of the islands was broadcast. “18 Aegean islands with the Lausanne and Paris Treaties were granted conditionally to Greece. This term was of demilitarization. But Greece did not comply with the terms of the Treaties. The terms in Lausanne are clear Greece on the islands may have police and military forces. But Greece ignored international law and turned the islands into motorized military camps. “Greece and Turkey are members of NATO, but Greece turned the islands into arsenals, and as if that were not enough, it also built airports in some of them, landed fighters and became a potential threat to Turkey.”
The Turkish Ministry of Defense also accuses Greece of violations in the Aegean. In particular, Ankara does not want Greek warships and aircraft to approach the Greek islands.
“Greece committed in 2022 with military naval and air means 229 violations regarding the islands in a demilitarized Regime. In addition, the islands of the Eastern Aegean were transferred to Greece under the Treaty of Lausanne and Paris, on the condition that they remain in a demilitarized regime. Greece’s military activities towards the islands with a demilitarized regime constitute a “fundamental violation” of these conditions. We report the illegality of this issue to our interlocutors on any kind of platform and we will continue to do so “, said the representative of the Ministry of Defense, Pinar Kara.
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