Erdogan: We will not succumb to blackmail in the Eastern Mediterranean World

With references to the 22 “invaders” and insisting that Turkey would not succumb to blackmail in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who visited Turkey on the occasion of today’s anniversary, maintains the.

“Our serious achievements in various fields are the clearest indication of our willingness to protect the rights and interests of our country,” Erdogan wrote in the guestbook.

“We are determined,” he added, “to enter 2023 where we will celebrate the centenary of our democracy, as a stronger, more independent and more prosperous nation, in economic, military, political and diplomatic terms.”

The Turkish president again made a special reference in the Eastern Mediterranean: “Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean will not succumb to threats, intimidation and the rhetoric of blackmail.” “We will continue to defend our rights under international law and bilateral agreements.”

Earlier, in a message on the occasion of “Victory Day”, Erdogan noted:

“With the victory of August 30 (1922), everyone learned that this land will be our eternal homeland.”

“It is not a coincidence that those who tried to exclude our country from the eastern Mediterranean and those who tried to invade our country a century ago are the same invaders,” Erdogan said.

“Just as our nation has won the fight for independence, it will never hesitate to thwart the wishes and movements for a modern Treaty of Sevres in our Blue Homeland,” said the Turkish president. “No one should doubt our determination in this matter and our unshakeable faith in victory.”