On the way to another war on European soil? The Greek army has in recent days transferred many forces to the border area with Turkey, and documentation published today (Saturday) on social media showed that the Greeks are setting up anti-tank trenches north of the city of Thessaloniki, the largest city in the northeast of the country.
Military tensions come after an exchange of verbal blows between Athens and Ankara over the increased Greek military presence on several islands in the eastern Aegean, which Turkey sees as a "demilitarized zone", drawing on agreements from the 1923 Lausanne Conference between the two countries.
The Turkish president addressed a threatening message to Greek citizens on his Greek-language Twitter page, writing: "Greece's attempt to involve NATO or other countries in its irresponsible conduct is not just an attempt, and can have disastrous consequences.
"Greece, despite being a member of the European Union, continues to oppress members of the Turkish minority living in western Turkey, Kos and Rhodes, in stark contrast to the fundamental values on which the Union is founded. "For two years she refused to even hold a meeting of military delegations in order to discuss the situation," Erdogan accepted.
Turkish Army convoy, Photo: AP
The Turkish president's remarks took on a new meaning over the weekend, with the Turkish sabra holding a huge exercise near the city of Izmir, designed to simulate, among other things, taking over islands in the Aegean Sea.
At the same time, experts in Turkey claim that Erdogan's aggressive conduct is related to the dilapidated state of the Turkish currency, which suffered unprecedented exchange rate declines last weekend, and exacerbated the country's inflation crisis.
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