Sunday, June 26, 2022

Turkey's Foreign Minister Urges A 'Greater Turkey'

Zero Hedge: Turkish FM Urges 'Greater Turkey' As EU Sides With Greece In Territorial Dispute 

On Friday Turkey lashed out at a series of positions the EU summit in Brussels took regarding territorial disputes with Greece in the Aegean and Mediterranean - specifically on drilling rights and Ankara's charge that Greece is "militarizing" its islands in violation of historic treaties, an accusation which the EU has not backed. This also as Turkey has been seething over Ukraine and Moldova so quickly being granted EU candidate status. 

The EU has consistently sided with defending Greece and Cyprus' pushback against expansive Turkish claims, which the Turkish foreign ministry slammed as decisions which are "prejudiced, lack vision, and are disconnected from reality."  

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Update #1: Aegean waters heat up as Turkey, Greece exchange barbs over islands (Al-Monitor)  

Update #2: Why Turkey, Greece remain on collision course over Aegean islands (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: Turkey's focus right now is on northern Syria .... Will Turkey invade northern Syria again? (Jerusalem Post).

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