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Turkey-Greek tensions: 'I’m not kidding’
Status: 06/14/2022 04:15 AM
Turkish President Erdogan is demanding the demilitarization of several Greek islands and blatantly threatening war. Many Greeks fear that the threats will not stop there.
The Turkish-Greek border is being discussed on a Turkish TV program broadcast by the pro-government private radio Haber Turk. The map of the two countries can be seen on the screen in the background. One of the studio guests, journalist Gurkan Zengin, stands in front of him, holding a pointer in his hand.
Zengin uses the wand at the western end of mainland Turkey and draws a vertical line south – what he believes should be the actual border between Greece and Turkey. The result: many Greek islands such as the holiday islands of Rhodes and Kos suddenly became Turkish territory.
This TV clip has spread like wildfire across social media in Greece over the past few days. Because what journalist Zengin presented in a very populist way on TV corresponds to what has been reproduced more and more by high-ranking Turkish politicians in the past few days and weeks. The focus of the territorial dispute is mainly the Dodecanese group of islands, which also includes the island of Rhodes, but also other inhabited islands such as Lesbos, Samos and Kos.
The Turkish-Greek border has been regulated for nearly 100 years, but the question of sovereign rights in the eastern Aegean is complicated by international law: for example, the Treaties of Lausanne (1923) and Paris (1947) provide for islands allotted to any country, but also that some islands It may not be armed. Between them appeared the Treaty of Montreux (1936), which, in turn, was intended to partially replace the Treaty of Lausanne. Among other things, Turkey derives its disputed territorial claims from this treaty.
Embassy in military exercises
Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took part in a major military exercise in the western Turkish port city of Izmir, which also involved NATO allies. In his speech, he repeatedly accused Greece of arming a number of Aegean islands in violation of international law and warned Athens against further militarization.
Athena should „avoid dreams, statements, and actions that she regrets.” Such actions can have „serious consequences” and: „I’m not kidding.” Erdogan then published these statements in English and Greek on his Twitter channel.
Calm but alert
In Greece, this is considered a clear threat of war. But the government’s reaction so far has been quiet: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said at the summit meeting of Southeast European countries in Thessaloniki that they would not contribute to an escalation with neighboring Turkey by engaging in insulting statements, illegal and inappropriate demands and accusations.
The Greek Foreign Ministry also published 16 maps aimed at documenting the „extent of Turkish distortion”. It aims to show Turkish territorial claims from 1923 to the present day.
Clear reactions from the other side: Greek Foreign Minister Dendias, here in conversation with your Turkish counterpart Cavusoglu
Photo: AFP
Don’t disarm now
In light of threatening gestures from the East, Athena sees itself also certain not to disarm the islands in the eastern Aegean. Thus Greece is exercising its right of self-defense, after all there are many landing craft on the western coast of Turkey.
In addition, Turkish combat aircraft currently violate Greek airspace almost every day and fly over large inhabited islands such as Rhodes, Samos and Kos.
Erdogan wants several Greek islands to be demilitarized – and he is stressing the demand through military exercises.
Photo: AP
feeling nauseous
This, and above all verbal escalation, leaves many Greeks feeling nauseous. Most hope the Turkish president’s belligerent rhetoric is just part of his campaign strategy. Turkey’s presidential elections are taking place next year and Erdogan has announced that he wants to run again.
But the economic situation in Turkey is bad, with the inflation rate exceeding 70 percent, according to official figures. So why then, as a distraction, ignite a conflict that has been burning for decades?
Nobody really dares to predict how far Erdogan will go. However, the Greeks still remember well the late summer of 2020, when Turkish and Greek warships faced each other in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Former US President Donald Trump called on current President Joe Biden to submit to a drug test before their duel on Monday in a television debate for the first time during the election campaign at the end of June. „I don’t want him to get there like he did in the State of the Union address,” Trump said during a Republican Party event in St. Paul, Minnesota. „He was as high as a kite.”
Trump has previously indicated several times in interviews that the US President was under the influence of substances on various occasions. He previously made similar accusations against his rival, Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 election campaign. Trump has not yet provided any evidence for his allegations. Biden has not yet commented on Trump’s allegations.
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Her fiancé had died two months ago, and now Mia had died too
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For two months, Mia Valenica mourned her fiancé, Xander Reeser, who died in a motorcycle accident last March. Now the 21-year-old’s family is grieving after Mia herself died in a motorcycle accident on May 10, according to reports. 13News.
„She’s in shock. It’s unbelievable,” said David Valencia, Mia’s father. “You hope you wake up the next day and it’s not true.”
The hope of the two affected families is that “they are together now.”
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According to police, Mia, who was a backseat passenger, and an unnamed driver were riding a motorcycle at high speed on the Catalina Highway in Pima County, southern Arizona.
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The driver suffered minor injuries
A witness to the incident said: “I looked down and there was a man sitting there crying.” “I saw that his knees were all scratched up. Next to him there was a motionless girl still wearing her motorcycle helmet.”
The driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries, while Mia Valencia died at the scene.
Investigations are still ongoing.
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David Valencia shared his love of motorcycles with his daughter. But after losing two loved ones in just a few months, he wants others to be careful.
“There are areas where you can drive fast,” he said. “But on some roads, you have to drive slowly,” he warned. Because sometimes you don’t get a second chance…
In order to pay for Mia’s funeral, her family must raise money gofundme.com Set up a fundraising page.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito causes a stir with his knowledge
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Trump fans are using the upside-down American flag to cast doubt on Biden’s election victory. It can also be seen in front of the judge’s house.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Conservative Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court is in trouble. After Donald Trump’s election defeat in 2020, an upside-down American flag was apparently hung in front of his house – a popular symbol among Trump supporters to cast doubt on US President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Report from The New York Times According to the report, the flag was raised in front of Alito’s home in Alexandria, Virginia, on January 17, 2021. The newspaper wrote this, citing statements and photos from the judge’s neighbors. However, the accused denies having anything to do with the matter. “I was in no way involved in raising the flag,” Alito said in an emailed statement to the newspaper. Instead, according to the judge, his wife raised the upside-down flag. But not just „in response to a neighbor’s use of offensive and personally insulting language on yard signs.”
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The matter is explosive because the upside-down American flag was a symbol of Trump supporters who falsely claimed in the wake of the recent election that President Biden stole the office. During the storming of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, the upside-down flag was also raised several times by rioters. Biden’s inauguration was just three days away at this point. Just eleven days later, a Trump supporter’s slogan flew over the lawn of a top federal judge.
In this context, it is the duty of such an official to ensure that no misunderstandings occur, as do legal and ethicists. The New York Times He confirmed the opposite. Even the appearance of bias should be avoided, otherwise the impartiality of the judge may be called into question. The mere impression of a political opinion can be a problem. “It could be his wife or someone else living in his house, but it shouldn’t be in his yard as a message to the world,” law professor Amanda Frost said in the report.
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Raising that license plate, Frost continued, „is the equivalent of putting up a 'Stop the Steal’ sign in the yard.” This slogan – in German „Stop the steal” – was the slogan of those people who stormed the Capitol for their former president. According to the legal expert, the matter becomes a problem at the latest when it comes to the property of the judge who decides “cases related to the elections.” While the flag was raised, the court was still grappling with the question of whether allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 US election should be investigated. Alito argued in favor of hearing the arguments, but was ultimately on the losing side.
In fact, according to the article, interviews with residents revealed that the justice’s wife, Martha Ann Alito, had gotten into a fight with another family in the neighborhood over an anti-Trump sign on their lawn. However, given the timing and strong meaning of the symbol, the upside-down flag could have been interpreted by neighbors primarily as a political statement by the couple.
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The Code of Ethics applicable to lower courts in the United States, as well as the Code of Ethics recently adopted by the Supreme Court, emphasize the need for judges to remain independent. Political statements or opinions on matters that may be brought before them should be avoided. Court officials are not permitted to publicly express their partisan political opinions. This also includes attaching signs or vehicle stickers.
For Take Back the Court, a group that opposes the conservative path the court has taken in recent years, this is evidence that Alito does not belong on the court. “Sam Alito has disqualified himself from legitimately serving on the Supreme Court,” Sarah Lipton Lubit, the group’s president, said, according to the website. HuffPost In the current situation. Perhaps there is nothing like raising the middle finger to the American people than “proudly displaying, in your front yard, the remains of a failed coup attempt against the country you were supposed to serve.” (Tn)
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