Turkey’s Erdogan Says Greece Should Take Warnings Seriously
Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a press conference during the summit in Prague, Czech Republic, on Oct. 6.
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Greece should take his warnings seriously about Turkey’s response to any threats, resorting to the menacing rhetoric he’s used in recent months that’s prompted the US to urge the two NATO allies to negotiate.
Ties between Turkey and Greece have been strained for years over territorial conflicts in the east Mediterranean, but tensions have escalated in recent months over what Turkey says is a Greek military buildup on Aegean islands close to the Turkish coast. The Turkish president last month fueled tensions between the two by saying that “we might come suddenly one night.”