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Yigit Bulut, the head adviser to the Turkish President has once again ratcheted up tensions by saying that “it would be a shame for us to wage war on Greece for ‘technical reasons’. It would be like an adult beating a child in a cradle”.

During the return of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from the island of Ro to Rhodes, two Turkish fighters flew at 25,000-27,000 feet, while the Turkish controller demanded the helicopter pilot to leave, what they said to be, the Turkish airspace!

European leaders and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are meeting in Varna, Bulgaria for the EU Summit Meeting, with the provocative Turkish actions and the refugee crisis on the agenda of talks.