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The Grand Turk
Turkey accuses Greece of 'harassing' research ship in Aegean Sea
2021-02-24
[PRESSTV] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
has accused the Greek military of "harassing" a Ottoman Turkish vessel in the Aegean Sea, despite efforts by Athens and Ankara to resolve their differences over the disputed waters.Turkey's Defense Ministry claimed on Tuesday that four Greek F-16 fighters had flown close to the TCG Cesme ship, which was carrying out "technical and scientific research" in waters near the Greek island of Lemnos.

One of the Greek fighter jets was alleged to have flown "at an altitude of 1,000 meters" and dropped a flare "two nautical miles" away from the Ottoman Turkish research ship.

"This is unfortunately one of the frequent acts of harassment by our Greek neighbors," Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in statement.

Without providing further details, Akar said that Turkey had made an "adequate response" to the incident.

"We all believe that such harassment is not appropriate and does not suit good neighborly relations," he added.

Greek media reported that an official from the country's Defense Ministry had denied that its fighter jets had harassed a Ottoman Turkish vessel.



Posted by:Fred

#5  Oxymoron Alert: any sentence containing "Turkey" plus "good neighbor".
--Unless you are sharing Thanksgiving Day leftovers.
Posted by: magpie   2021-02-24 19:11  

#4  NATO allies get along much like the EU nations.
Posted by: Clem   2021-02-24 08:57  

#3  #1 Researching gas fields in Greek territorial water.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-24 08:37  

#2  USNS Silas Bent (AGS-26), an oceanographic survey ship, was laid down in March 1964. USNS Silas Bent was transferred under the Security Assistance Program to the Republic of Turkey 29 September 1999 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 October 1999. As TCG ÇeÈ™me (A-599) the ship continued work as a hydrographic and oceanographic survey ship and was joined by sister ship USNS Elisha Kent Kane (T-AGS-27) which was renamed Çandarli (A-588).
Posted by: Ebbereger Unainter6303   2021-02-24 06:57  

#1  Define "research", please.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-02-24 06:50  

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