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Turkey continues to maintain tension with Greece, despite the European ultimatum on sanctions.
Representatives of the Erdogan government, as well as the Turkish press, are setting a bellicose tone on what is happening in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean, leaving clear indications of a possible heated incident.
Ankara is noted to have launched a new Navtex in the Cyprus Sea, sparking the opposite version of Navtex from Nicosia. In fact, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu stated that the Turkish research ship Oruc Reis will stay in the eastern Mediterranean for 90 days as “partial” Navtexs are being issued.
In an interview with Turkish channel “A Haber”, Tsavousoglu said that Turkey does not intend to take the possibility of EU sanctions seriously. In fact, there were war threats against Greece, as it said it does not bother Ankara. the extension of the territorial waters of Greece in the Ionian to 12 miles, but a corresponding movement in the Aegean would be cause of war.
“Greece acts as it wants where it has rights. That does not concern us. However, in the Aegean they cannot extend their borders to 12 miles. This is a cause of war. We are not going to allow Greece to expand its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles. miles. I say it very clearly, “said the head of Turkish diplomacy.
Previously, the casus belli was restored by the deputy prime minister of Turkey, in the event that Greece expands territorial waters in the Aegean to 12 miles, even raising the question of sovereignty of the Dodecanese.
Fuat Oktay also characterized the “attempted” war as the expansion of the territorial waters of Greece.
“If Athens’s attempt to expand its territorial waters is not a cause of war, then what is?” asked Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay.
How does Athens respond?
The Greek Foreign Minister responded immediately and harshly to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay’s war chants about the extension of Greek territorial waters by 12 miles.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Turkey’s unprecedented perception that it could threaten its neighbors with the use of force when exercising their legal rights is contrary to modern political culture, but also to the fundamental provisions of the international right.
Athens reminds Ankara that “the exercise of Greek sovereignty is not subject to any form of Turkish veto.”
“We call on Turkey to realize that international law and the values on which the modern international order is based are binding on all countries in the world,” stressed the Greek Foreign Minister.
The list of sanctions against Turkey
The sanctions presented by Josep Borrell at the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers raise hopes and concerns at the same time for Turkey’s compliance, and experts consider financial sanctions and turning off the tap on Turkish companies more important.
The penalties are as follows:
1. Restrictive measures in case of continuation of illegal drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean.
2. Register of vessels involved in illegal investigation activities.
3. Sector sanctions (sales, acquisitions, export of material related to energy research, technology and product transfer)
4. Financial services (banking and industrial sector): Ban on loans to Turkey by state-owned banks
5. Possibility of reducing European funds
6. In case of non-compliance by Turkey in September, travel ban can be considered.
7. Further strengthen Turkey’s action records in the KD and Greece maritime zones under the existing sanctions regime against Turkey.
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