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Within a few hours Turkey went ahead with two provocations over the Imia islets.

New York Times correspondent to Turkey, Patrick Kingsley writes a piece entitled “Turkey and Greece Trade Jabs in Island Dispute” where he lays out the recent escalation in tensions between the two countries over the rocky isles of Imia in the eastern region of the Aegean Sea

Turkish Minister on Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos to “come to his senses” over the Imia isles, following the latter’s statements that Imia “was Greek territory and a visit to the region by any Greek citizen was similar to taking a stroll in his house.”