President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on Greece to stop arming islands with demilitarized status and to abandon the wrong course it is following.
Erdoğan answered journalists’ questions while returning to Türkiye after visiting Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
Call to Greece
Erdoğan said Greece should stop arming the islands with demilitarized status, adding that history is a good guide for those willing to learn from it.
Erdoğan said Türkiye has no territorial ambitions in any country but would not allow its rights to be violated.
F-35 and defense projects
In a separate assessment, Erdoğan announced that Türkiye was continuing talks with the United States on rejoining the F-35 fighter jet program. He said he believed the issue would be resolved soon.
Erdoğan said Türkiye would not abandon the KAAN fighter jet project or its own air defense projects, adding that they were working to expand Türkiye’s options.