Turkey stokes tensions in the Aegean

Following the incident, when the Greek side opened fire when the Turkish captain refused to allow a check his cargo, which was asked for because there was information about drugs, the Turkish Coast Guard reinforced its patrols.

At the same time, Turkish media continued the communication game, writing about a new incident in the Aegean, on Tuesday. A Hurriyet article reports that three Greek coastguard vessels attempted to reach Turkish ships moving from the northern Aegean to the Mediterranean, but were prevented by vessels of the Turkish coast guard that accompanied them. In fact, Hurriyet also published a relative photograph.

Issik: Problems of Athens' internal policy

Turkey's Defense Minister, Fikri Yisik, also condemned the incident in the Aegean. Indeed, he spoke of a series of provocative actions by Greece, while pointing out that our Greek domestic policy is a little ... problematic at the moment.

"The shootings against a ship in international waters can not be explained logically," said the Turkish Minister, while referring to the Greek Coast Guard's announcement of the incident, which stated that there was information about a drug load, commented that "the explanation and the apology is worse than misconduct. "

"If there was such a thing, they had to immediately contact the Turkish side and undertake a joint venture. But it is obvious that this was not done with good intentions," Yisik told TRT. "No reason legalizes firing on a merchant ship, especially when there are no weapons on it. Of course, Greece's internal policy is a bit problematic at this time. However, this is not acceptable. In the last period, Greece has undertaken a series of provocative actions. We will give the necessary response when needed, "he concluded.

Vitsas: Communication game with the Turkish ship

In a "intense communicative game that has nothing to do with the actual facts, but with a rhetoric of tension that Greece does not need and certainly not even Turkey needs, at this time, there are serious debates about the Cyprus issue," Dimitris Vitsas said about the incident with the Turkish cargo ship.

In particular, he stressed that "there was information that a Turkish-flagged vessel, operating in Greek territorial waters, had an illegal cargo. All the procedures provided by both Law and Controls were done, but it did not respond. We came to the last resort, that is the warning shots, and it did not respond."