{"id":109734,"date":"2015-03-08T19:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T18:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/?p=66964"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T13:43:20","slug":"turkey-slams-greek-minister-for-stirring-tension-in-aegean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2015\/03\/08\/turkey-slams-greek-minister-for-stirring-tension-in-aegean\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey slams Greek minister for \u2018stirring tension in Aegean\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DHA Photo<\/p>\n

The recent actions and statements of the Greek defense minister are \u201cunacceptable and are raising the tensions in the Aegean,\u201d Turkey has said amid escalating tension between neighbors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invite the Greek government to display common sense and to take these irresponsible actions under control as soon as possible,\u201d the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release published March 7.<\/p>\n

The Aegean region has witnessed increasing tension between its neighbors, which particularly escalated after the election of the new Syriza government in Greece in January.<\/p>\n

Immediately after assuming the post, new Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos visited the disputed Aegean islets of Imia\/Kardak with a military helicopter on Jan. 30.<\/p>\n

In another move that infuriated Ankara, Kammenos said in February that the Cyprus problem remains a subject of \u201cinvasion and occupation\u201d for the Greek government.<\/p>\n

He criticized the presence of the Turkish seismic vessel Barbaros in the Exclusive Economic Zone in the eastern Mediterranean, calling it a \u201cprovocation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kammenos also said Greece planned to conduct a joint drill with the Greek Cypriot administration, Israel and possibly Egypt in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is clear that the continuation of these irresponsible actions will not serve any purpose other than increasing tensions in Turkish and Greek relations and in the Aegean,\u201d the Turkish statement said. \u201cIt is also obvious that this attitude will harm the efforts toward the improvement of bilateral relations between the two countries and the settlement of disputes in the Aegean.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turkey is determined to protect its rights and interests in the Aegean \u201cby taking measures within the framework of international law,\u201d the ministry added.<\/p>\n

The countries\u2019 relations recently saw more tension over an aviation notice issued by Turkey for a 10-month military drill in the Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n

The Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by Turkey sparked reaction from the Greekgovernment, which reportedly complained about the move to international organizations over a \u201cviolation of Greek integrity and flight safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ankara then withdrew the warning, saying it had \u201cmistakenly\u201d declared inaccurate coordinates for long-distance dangerous areas.<\/p>\n

March\/08\/2015<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 K\u00fcfi Seydali<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DHA Photo The recent actions and statements of the Greek defense minister are \u201cunacceptable and are raising the tensions in the Aegean,\u201d Turkey has said amid escalating tension between neighbors. \u201cWe invite the Greek government to display common sense and to take these irresponsible actions under control as soon as possible,\u201d the Turkish Foreign Ministry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":783328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}