ISTANBUL – ANSWER. The Turkish leadership prefers to maintain high rhetorical tension with Hellason Recep Tayyip Erdogan to characterize the Greeks as “infidels” and “wretched”, and the Turkish Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar spoke of “bad neighbors in the Aegean”. Her response was immediate Athens in her new attack Ankara: “Mr. Erdogan has decided to distort history to serve his revisionism. Greece, on the other hand, writes History with its centuries-old course. A history we are proud of as Greece stands out for its culture and achievements. Greece, when needed, knows very well how to vigorously and effectively defend its rights,” a government spokesman said. Yannis Oikonomou. In his speech on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 1922 war in Kutahya, Mr. Erdogan dismissed what was happening at that time and stated that “when the enemy retreated, they burned all our cities where they passed, we see in this proof of their vile nature. Just like today. These people, with their hearts full of faith, threw the infidels into the sea of ​​Smyrna.”

“The President of Turkey has decided to distort history to suit his revisionism. Greece, on the contrary, writes History,” the Greek side replied.

Meanwhile, Hulusi Akar accused Greece of pursuing Turkey in the Aegean. “In the Aegean, we are constantly worried about a bad neighbor. Let me be clear that we don’t cause trouble if they don’t do this to us. This applies to the Navy, Air Force and Ground Forces. What we do is that we will not allow our rights to be violated. We will not allow a single fait accompli,” Mr. Akar said.

The Turkish Defense Minister also referred to Turkish statements about the “blocking” of F-16 radars by Greek S-300s. Military and diplomatic sources in Athens were quick to refute the Turkish claims, explaining them as an attempt by Turkey to place the blame for the Greek side on the Americans and other NATO allies. Mr. Akar said that “in the past, although we have negotiated with US long-range air defense systems to protect our airspace, they have not provided us with a Patriot system. We talked to the French, they didn’t give us SAMP-T. That’s how we went and bought the S-400,” Mr. Akar said, linking the issue to Greece. He emphasized that “then they stood up and said, ‘How can you buy such a system?'” Now, on August 23, a weaker version of this system, the S-300, “locked” the Turkish F-16s on their radars while they were on a NATO mission. What our evil neighbor did should be known, publicized and condemned. Such blatant recklessness, such a spoiled attitude is unacceptable.”