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In Ankara, Athens is said to be violating the peace agreement between them after troops were sent to Castellorizo, a 12-square-kilometer island off the coast of Turkey. Greece says: A routine exchange of forces. Erdogan: "Willing to pay price"


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The quarrel island that threatens to ignite a war between Turkey and Greece

In Ankara, Athens is said to be violating the peace agreement between them after troops were sent to Castellorizo, a 12-square-kilometer island off the coast of Turkey. Greece says: A routine exchange of forces.

Erdogan: "Willing to pay price"

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In the video: Erdogan addresses the crisis with Greece (Photo: Reuters, Editing: Nir Chen)

Turkey warns Greece deployment of troops on a small island in the Mediterranean is a violation of the peace agreement of 1947, continuing tensions between the two NATO members over energy resources in the Mediterranean Sea.



Media broadcast images of Turkish soldiers Greek island of Kastellorizo come, and the Foreign Ministry in Ankara warned yesterday that "we will not allow provocation so beyond our shores." on the other hand, a source involved in the position of the Greek government told Bloomberg that the soldiers were stationed on the island, and this is a transfer of power routine.



the two neighboring countries went to war over Cyprus in 1974 and in conflict over the division of economic zones Their exclusive in the Mediterranean. Castellorizo, a 12 km2 island off the coast of Turkey and is the most remote Greek territory in the eastern Mediterranean.

Now, it is once again at the center of the dispute between Athens and Ankara, which demands that it be turned into a demilitarized zone.

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Greek soldiers board a ferry on the island of Castellorizo ​​last week (Photo: Gettyimages)

In Greece it is said that islands should be taken into account in demarcating the continental shelf of the country, in accordance with UN maritime laws, a treaty not signed by Turkey. In Turkey, on the other hand, they want to measure the continental shelf .



Turkey faces EU sanctions because of its activity marine eastern Mediterranean, and which inter alia may include sanctions on assets, ships and restrictions on access to Turkish ports of Europe. Ankara rejects the threats of the Union, and said that will continue exploring for energy in the region south of the island of Contention , At least until September 11. The



one who is leading a firm line against Turkey is France, and President Emanuel Macron said on Friday that it has not behaved like NATO in recent years.



Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sounded a belligerent tone yesterday, marking the 98th anniversary of the Turkish War of Independence from Greece.

He said his country was willing to pay the price to protect its interests in the region, and wondered if France and Greece were willing to do similar battles for their "ambitious and incompetent leaders".

In a combative mood.

Erdogan at a ceremony in Istanbul yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

The maritime borders in the Aegean are among the main points of contention in relations between Greece and Turkey.

On Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevloth Chebushuelo warned Greece against expanding its territorial waters from six to 12 nautical miles.

He said it would be a pretext for war, as parliament ruled in 1995.



Castellorizo ​​has been part of Greece since 1947, following the end of the Italian and British conquests during World War II.

Earlier this month, Turkish combat helicopters were launched when a Greek naval ship visited a port on the island.



"If Greece continues to escalate tensions in the region, it will ultimately be the loser," Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmy Axoui said in a statement sent yesterday.



Another arena is Cyprus and the gas reserves off its coast.

Cyprus is a member of the European Union and officially has sovereignty over the entire island, but it has been divided since Turkey occupied its northern third in 1974, following an attempted coup by a military junta in Athens that wanted to unite Cyprus with Greece.

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized as a state only by Turkey, is claiming for itself the energy resources discovered off its coast.



Turkey and Greece reached the brink of war three times between 1974 and 1996 in a dispute over Cyprus and rights in the Aegean.

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