Two scenarios are seen by Panteion University Professor of International Relations, Costas Yfantis, behind the saber rattling of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoglu, who, by formalizing a second Turkish casus belli against Greece, upgraded his bellicose rhetoric.

Turkey launched attacks on Greece and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on immigration, annoyed by Greek border patrol moves.

Tensions were high at the NATO Ministerial Meeting on Thursday, as the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu reiterated some of the non-existent accusations against Greece while demanding he respond to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.