Turkey is not leaving its strategy of tension, which seems to create its first reaction to the international arrest warrants of the Republic of Cyprus towards the personnel of the drilling rig “Fatih”, which sailed to the Cypriot EEZ. This, as a reaction of Nicosia, seems to have a result, since in the last few hours there has been information that members of the “Fatih”, mainly with North European origin, have asked to leave the drilling rig.

Greece "must always be vigilant with our difficullt neighbor, but without fear," Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Monday referring to Turkey, adding however that in his opinion, Turkey "is not presently seeking a conflict in the Aegean Sea."

The past two months were somber for Turkey’s historic Christian communities. Each in their turn gathered in remembrance of their ancestors who were murdered, or somehow barely survived, the 1915 genocide perpetrated by Ottoman Era Turkey. A genocide that modern Turkey is eager to deny despite international recognition, to the great detriment of religious freedom throughout the country.