While the European Council supports Greece in its dispute with Ankara over the sharing of water in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan enjoys almost complete support from his people on this issue, according to Le Temps, the Swiss newspaper.
In the beginning of her report from Istanbul, writer Ann Andalauer reported the story of the waving of the young Oguz, a mobile phone seller in the old district of Bangalti and a supporter of Erdogan, with a copy of the opposition newspaper Sözcü reading from its headlines "Greek provocations, invasion, illegal militarization of the islands The Aegean Sea, "then commented," Even these people agree with our president. "
Although Suzko in its September 21 issue accused Erdogan of leaving the rope to Greece for 7 years until it “seized the islands that belong to us,” the young Oguz affirms that everyone who lives in “the shadow of the Turkish flag supports, without exception, The government is in this “conflict” related to sharing the waters of the Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean.
According to the author, the differences between Turkey and Greece in their common sea are in no way limited to commercial sharing of natural gas reserves, but rather the settlement of a conflict inherited from the last century, many aspects of which have been the subject of fruitless negotiations between the two countries over the twenty years. Therefore, Turkey wants to put an end to the legal ambiguity in this matter, which is in the interest of Athens, according to the correspondent.
Whether they are experts or ordinary citizens, the Turks, according to the author, are almost unanimous on one point, which is that the European sanctions that will be considered in the European Council, at the extraordinary meeting scheduled to be held from 1 to 2 October next, will not be useful, because it is according to Former Turkish diplomat Sinan Ulgen, “If it is heavy, it will not find the required support because the decisions are taken unanimously, and if they are light, they will not affect Turkey.” Rather, in his opinion, light sanctions will only reinforce the perception that Europe is against Turkey, which will strengthen the rally around the government. Turkish and encourage its policy pursued by the beginning of the conflict.