Turkey Says Greek Missiles Locked On Its Fighters Over The Mediterranean While Carrying Out A NATO Mission

The F-16s were at an altitude of 3,000 metres to the west of Greece’s Rhodes island [File: Murad Sezer/Reuters]  

Daily Sabah: ‘Greek missiles locking on Turkish fighters over Med challenges NATO’  

Greece has challenged NATO and its allies, not Türkiye, by locking its air defense systems on Turkish jets carrying out a NATO reconnaissance mission, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Tuesday. 

Erdoğan lashed out against Greece over the harassment of Turkish jets carrying out reconnaissance missions over the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, calling it a "hostile act." 

"Greece has challenged NATO and its allies by increasing its hostile attitude, which started with harassing our airspace and aircraft and escalated to the level of S-300 radar lockdown," the president said, ahead of a celebration concert for the centenary of Türkiye's Victory Day at the presidential complex in the capital Ankara.  

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Update #1: Turkey accuses Greece of 'hostile action' against jets (CNA/AAFP)  

Update #2: Turkey accuses Greece of ‘hostile action’ against its jets (Al Jazeera)  

WNU Editor: Greece has responded .... Greece has effective deterrents against Turkish threats, spokesman says (Ekathimerini).