"This is not the first time we have encountered this attitude of Greece," said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accusing her of watching 12 migrants freeze to death in Evros. He argued that such attitudes function as an indicator of modern Greek culture.
Speaking at the airport in Ankara on his departure for Ukraine, the Turkish President said that "the image of 12 people freezing to death is not acceptable. However, this is not the first time that we face this usual attitude of Greece. In fact, there were many people who had their inflatables pierced and sentenced to death. The sinking of these inflatables and the sentencing of people to death is important for the presentation of Greece's attitude towards ordinary people ".
Unfortunately, he continued, such practices function as an indicator of Greek culture. "In this matter, the EU and the international community have always been silent and I do not think they will change their position. Eg there is an invention of them, Frontex. It is of no use. "They are doing nothing but providing support to Greece."
And in this case, Erdogan said, "they remained silent in the face of the death of these people, while they were frozen." And we, of course, have pictures that we have taken [documents about the deaths], which we will put in front of the foreign leaders that we will meet. We will continue this fight in front of the eyes of the international community. This is our duty as opposed to those who watch the death of these people. We will fulfill this task in the best possible way. We will continue to be on the side of the oppressed. "We consider this to be a humanitarian and Muslim duty."
In mid-March, Herzog in Turkey
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Regarding Turkey's relations with Israel and the possible visit of the Israeli President to Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan said that "by the will of Allah, the visit will take place in mid-March".
"With this visit, we will try to put our bilateral relations for the future in a very different direction, in a positive direction. This approach is shared by the Israeli side. We may send our special envoy to Israel, as they send us their own special envoy before Herzog arrives. In this way, our partners will proceed with a preparation ", he said. And then, he said, they will begin the process of rapprochement with Israel.
I do not care what the ECtHR said
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Regarding the case of businessman Osman Kavala, who remains in prison, the Turkish President said that "we do not recognize those who do not recognize our courts, especially the courts of first instance in Turkey. I say this clearly and our courts have a decision on this issue. What the ECtHR said on this issue, what the Council of Europe said on this, we are not particularly interested in. We are waiting for our courts to be respected. We will not respect those who do not have respect. "
Self-control and dialogue, recommends in Ukrainian
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Regarding his visit to Ukraine, Tayyip Erdogan said "we are closely monitoring the tension in the region. We call on all parties to show restraint and dialogue. We are ready to do our part for peace in the region. "We express on every platform that we support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."
The Turkish President said that today he will have a meeting with the President of Ukraine Zelensky. "Mr Putin informed us that he would visit Turkey after his visit to China. Without making these two visits and having these meetings with them, it would not be right to think about which stone to put where. "For this reason, I hope that we will successfully overcome the tense period between the two countries, because among themselves the representatives of this country keep saying that there is no question of invading Ukraine, we are not in favor of war," said the Turkish President. .