After the elections, when Türkiye his new government will win Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Athena will study the dynamics of relations with Ankara from the very beginning, competent sources said, commenting on the return of Turkish officials to provocative statements, as well as the use of high nationalist tones. Athens believes that the recent statements of Mr. Erdogan, as well as yesterday’s statements of the Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu for challenging Greek sovereignty in Aegean islands, are part of the pre-election debate, so it was chosen to keep a low profile. In the same context, an aggressive TV spot by the ruling party is included, in which parts of Greece (Thrace and the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea) appear as Turkish territory. Although, recall, Mr. Erdogan ordered his ship Helicopter carrier “Anatolus” to Smyrna to send “messages”. Yesterday morning, indeed, the representative of the Foreign Ministry George Arnaoutis noted: “Our positions are known. Our difference is one. We will not allow the internal political confrontation in Turkey to turn into a public dialogue between Greece and Turkey.”

As “K” pointed out in a timely manner, the upcoming elections in Turkey are not just a matter of a change of power, since the possible defeat of Mr. Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) will create conditions similar to regime change. Moreover, so far the recent rhetorical attacks by Turkish officials have not been accompanied by challenges on the ground. This reality manifests itself both at the level of air violations (since March 14, not a single one has been committed so far), and at sea. While there is full understanding in Athens that the calm situation in the Aegean cannot last, it is clear that no one will benefit from a return to the process of exchanging statements. Also, we should not forget that Greece is also going through a pre-election period and a return to high tones will play into the hands of the party formations of the extreme right spectrum.

Low tones from Athens linking the rhetoric of the Erdogan government to the election scene in the neighboring country.

The last example of the use of revision tones was given by Mr. Cavusoglu. According to Correspondent of “K” in Istanbul Manolis KostidisThe Turkish foreign minister wondered: “Was there a crisis in Imia? Was. At that time, governments said let’s start preliminary negotiations. We have continued this because it is a positive step. We discuss how to solve these problems. But now, when you claim 10 miles of airspace over 6 miles of territorial waters, when our plane enters that airspace, those 4 miles, they claim that it is against international law. Then they begin to say: “You violated.” Mr. Tsavusoglu also reiterated that “there are islets and rocks whose ownership is unclear, whose ownership is not defined by agreements, I am talking about the Lausanne Accords of 23 and the Paris Accords of 47. We correctly say that they are ours, and Greece says that “they are ours.”

EMAK – EKAV award

The Greek EMAK-EKAV Search and Rescue Team and firefighter Tomas Krikellis were awarded by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a special award ceremony with the State Medal for Outstanding Victims at the National Conference and Culture Center at the Presidential Palace in Ankara. recognizing the help they gave to Athens during the recent devastating earthquakes in the neighboring country.