Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Greece will pay a heavy price for its role in - what he called - plotting against Turkey.
Erdogan stressed that his country will not hesitate to defend its rights and interests by all available means, and that what he described as the foreign military crowds with an occupier appearance spread throughout all Greece, is a danger to the Greeks and may turn it into a quagmire, as he put it.
"While we are making sincere efforts to end wars, crises and tensions in the world, we are closely following the policies of our neighbor Greece, which reeks of provocation and harassment," he added.
The Turkish president reiterated that Greece cannot match Turkey's strength, neither politically nor economically, noting that "the real intention of those who incite Greek politicians against us is to obstruct our program to build a great and strong Turkey, but this is a dangerous game for Greek politicians, the Greek state, the Greek people and those who use them." my dolls."
Calling the Greek ambassador
In the same context, Turkey summoned the Greek ambassador in Ankara to protest, and also asked Greece to stop what it said were Greece's violations in the islands and return them to a non-military situation, according to a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry after summoning the Greek ambassador to it.
The statement stated that Turkey had sent a protest note to the United States, in which it demanded that the status of the eastern Aegean islands be taken into account, and that measures be taken not to use weapons in violation of its status as demilitarized islands.
The Turkish protest came against the backdrop of Athens' deployment of US-made armored vehicles on the islands of Medelli or Lesbos, and Sakis or Chios.