As Retired Rear Admiral Dr. Cihat Yayc\u0131 pointed out, Greece\u2019s never-ending cultural theft has reached a new dimension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For years, those who have tried to appropriate the authentic Turkish cuisine and culture by calling cac\u0131k \u201ccaciki,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> baklava \u201cbaklavas\/baklavaki,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> zeybek \u201czeybekiko,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and Turkish coffee \u201cGreek coffee,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> have now set their sights on the symbol of our rights in our seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a new perception operation launched on Greek social media, they are attempting to steal this national term by saying \u201cThe Blue Homeland is Greek\u201d<\/strong><\/em> and \u201cThe Real Blue Homeland.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, this shamelessness goes so far as to claim that even Beh\u00e7et\u2019s disease, discovered by the first Turkish doctor Hulusi Beh\u00e7et, was discovered by a Greek doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Yayc\u0131 noted that it is no coincidence that the word \u201cGreek\u201d<\/strong><\/em> in English slang means \u201cthief.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cihat Yayc\u0131 emphasizes that we must be vigilant against this mentality that attempts to create its own history without any historical evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He also has a very clear warning for our citizens who consume our own values \u200b\u200bin Greece, mistaking them for \u201cGreek food\u201d<\/strong><\/em>: We must protect all our cultural and national values, from Mara\u015f ice cream to Gaziantep baklava, from Turkish coffee to the Blue Homeland!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cihat Yayc\u0131 concludes his speech with an English message: \u201cThere is no limit to the theft of the Greeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stealing food, Turkish music, Turkish culture…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stolen Blue Homeland.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Retired Rear Admiral Dr. Cihat Yayc\u0131: Greece Stole the Blue Homeland Too As Retired Rear Admiral Dr. Cihat Yayc\u0131 pointed out, Greece\u2019s never-ending cultural theft has reached a new dimension. For years, those who have tried to appropriate the authentic Turkish cuisine and culture by calling cac\u0131k \u201ccaciki,\u201d baklava \u201cbaklavas\/baklavaki,\u201d zeybek \u201czeybekiko,\u201d and Turkish coffee \u201cGreek coffee,\u201d have now set their sights on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":755236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[11106,10625,10663],"class_list":["post-824968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece","tag-blue-homeland","tag-cihat-yayci","tag-mavi-vatan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824968","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=824968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}