Erdogan warns Greece and south Cyprus over ‘reckless’ behavior in Mediterranean

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned Greece and south Cyprus that thier reckless actions in the Eastern Mediterranean have become a source of danger and threat, primarily to themselves.

Speaking at the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AK Party) parliamentary group meeting in Ankara, Erdogan gave a stern warning to those countries which were making use of the domestic troubles of countries in the region to expand their own economic and political aspirations.

We will not allow them the opportunity he said.

Erdoğan said that attempts to cripple Turkey’s position both in the Aegean and Cyprus were all in vain.

We are determined to exercise our rights stemming from international law and practices to the very end and to give those who try to prevent us from doing so the correct lesson he added.