The exercise “Blue Homeland” continues in the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. The exercise involves 10 frigates, 6 corvettes and 25 amphibious boats.
According to Manolis Kostidis, there is one change of attitude from Turkey. The closer Turkey gets to Egypt, the more it leaves Libya behind.
Two facts contributed to this shift. The first is Biden’s election in the US and the second is the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The name “Blue Homeland” refers to the redemptive theory that has been developed in Turkey and has been expressed with maps that include half of the Aegean.
In Turkish media The exercise is presented as a sign of Turkey’s determination to protect the “Blue Homeland”.
More specifically, CNN Turk broadcast: “The pressure with Greece that sometimes increases in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, the tension in the Black Sea due to the war in Ukraine and the threat of mines. In such a period, the Turkish Armed Forces with the exercise ‘Blue Homeland’ will show strength in three seas. The first exercise was held in 2019 and last year was held only in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. This year, the Black Sea will join. “And Turkey will show its determination to protect the ‘Blue Homeland’ from all threats.”
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