Not content with having reclaimed the Hagia Sophia to transform it into a mosque, does neosultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan now want to avenge the Battle of Lepanto?
Its navy parades in the eastern Mediterranean by firing cannon, at a time when tensions with Greece are at their height.
The two neighboring countries, historical rivals, are fighting over the exploitation of rich underwater gas fields, rekindling an ancient dispute over the extent of their respective continental shelves.
Off the coast of Cyprus, economic manna and sovereignty issues form an explosive cocktail.
"The slightest spark could trigger a catastrophe,"
warns the head of German diplomacy, Heiko Maas.
Are we going to witness the first war, hardly conceivable, between two NATO members?
The Turkish president challenges the Europeans to be ready to
"sacrifice" as
many
"martyrs"
as him.
His Islamist-style national-populism constantly pushes him to make new ones
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