An incident involving cadets at the Navy’s non-commissioned officers’ school taking part in Tuesday’s Independence Day parade has created a diplomatic spat with Turkey and will be investigated.
The marching cadets started shouting slogans against Turkey and one saying that “Cyprus is Greek.”
Turkey demanded an explanation for the incident in strong terms. The government and the armed forces’ leadership are said to be especially displeased with the behavior and are expected to take the cadets and the head of the school to task.
“You do not show your strength with slogans,” an unnamed source told Kathimerini.