"If Greece asks help from Turkey, then we will consider paying the Greek debt," said progressive MP of the pro-Kurdish HDP (Democratic Peoples Party) party in Turkey Ertuğrul Kürkçü.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interview on public broacaster ERT.

The main points of the interview:

Tourists heading for Greece were urged to take enough cash with them to last their entire stay as Athens announced banks would be closed Monday in a deepening financial crisis.