Ankara supports the rhetoric of tension, with Turk vice president Fuat Oktay issue threats, stating that “when Turkey demonstrates its strong reaction in the Aegean, Greece’s day will turn into night.”

In his statements, the Turkish Vice President said that “when we say ‘collect your thoughts’ and ‘don’t forget Izmir’ to Greece, which is behaving recklessly, are we not becoming a side that increases tension?” The respected president warned us clearly and categorically. He said: “Stop militarizing the islands, because one night we may come suddenly.”

– And you are witnesses of how he does something when necessary, and the whole world knows about it. This is a statement that if they do not do the right thing, we will do the right thing,” said the Vice President of Turkey.

“We see Mitsotakis saying, ‘Don’t come at night, come during the day.’ He does not know that when Turkey demonstrates its strong reaction in the Aegean, Greece’s day will turn into night. He will remember this 100 years ago,” he added.

He also added, continuing the threats, that “if Turkey does what is necessary on the basis of international agreements, in the Greek islands on which Greece depends so much … the friendly ones, of course, disappear. That’s why we say don’t forget Smyrna, we say don’t forget Cyprus.