President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blasted the continued
armament of the Aegean islands by Greece, reiterating that
Türkiye’s navy energy and capabilities are way more superior
than Greece, Development
stories citing Hurriyet Each day Information.

“The weapons deployed [by Greece and the United States] to
Western Thrace and [the Aegean] islands don’t imply something to us.
As a result of our forces and capabilities are past these, however we wish
to emphasise that every one these deployments imply a secret occupation
[by Greece],” Erdoğan mentioned at a gathering with the provincial leaders
of his ruling Justice and Improvement Social gathering (AKP) on Sept. 27.

Erdogan’s warning got here after Greek media stories revealed that
the U.S. and Greece have deployed armored navy autos and
different tools to the Greek islands which should be saved
demilitarized in response to the 1923 Lausanne and 1947 Paris
treaties. Ankara has reportedly summoned Greek ambassador to
Türkiye Christodoulos Lazaris and protested the U.S. Embassy in
Ankara over the navy deployment to Lesbos and Samos.

Erdogan criticized some Western nations for frightening Greece
in opposition to Türkiye, saying “We are going to by no means retreat from defending our
nation within the air, on land and at sea. However whereas we’ll stand
in opposition to these darkish eventualities, we received’t enable them to divert our
consideration and waste our power.”

Türkiye has tens of 1000’s of kins in Western Thrace who’re
banned from utilizing the phrase “Turk,” Erdogan mentioned, “I want to
remind the Greek president and prime minister who’re disturbed by
the usage of the phrase ‘Turk’ by a faculty or civil society: Pull
your self collectively. Do you suppose the help [to Greece] from the
U.S. and Europe will prevent. It is not going to. You merely spin your
wheels, it does nothing else.”

Türkiye sincerely desires peace and stability in its area and
the decision of issues by diplomacy and dialogue, mentioned
Erdogan, noting “We’ve got at all times defended this: We by no means declare for
the rights of others however we’ll by no means enable the violation of our
rights. We are going to by no means hesitate in defending our rights and the
rights of our Turkish Cypriots within the blue homeland.”

In his remarks following the weekly cupboard assembly late on
Sept. 26, Erdogan accused Greece of staging “provocations” and
enjoying “perilous video games.” Türkiye will shield its rights and
pursuits in opposition to Greece “utilizing all means” out there to the
nation, he mentioned.

“Whereas endeavoring sincerely to finish wars, crises and tensions
all over the world, we intently comply with our neighbor Greece’s insurance policies
filled with provocation,” he said. Greece can’t be Türkiye’s
equal or counterpart in political, navy or financial phrases,
the president famous.

Erdogan warned that it was a “harmful sport each for Greek
politicians, the Greek state and the Greek folks and for many who
use them as a puppet.”

In his deal with on Sept. 27, Erdogan repeated his calls on the
allies and Türkiye’s neighbors to face in opposition to terror all
collectively.

“The place of the terrorists are usually not the streets however the courts
and prisons the place they are going to pay the value for the blood they’re
shedding. We expect all of the nations, notably our
neighbors, to take all the mandatory measures in opposition to the terrorist
organizations with none discrimination [between them],” he
said.

Talking about subsequent 12 months’s presidential and parliamentary
elections, President Erdogan expressed his perception that the AKP and
the Folks Alliance will win the polls by breaking the data.

“Türkiye’s greatest probability is the AK Social gathering authorities and the
Folks Alliance. Türkiye’s greatest haplessness is that this opposition
which does nothing however attempt to block our companies to the folks. I
am very positive that this kind of opposition might be thrown into the
garbage by subsequent 12 months’s polls,” he said.