{"id":15795,"date":"2026-05-12T12:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/turkey-says-strait-of-hormuz-should-not-be-used-as-weapon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:55:06","slug":"turkey-says-strait-of-hormuz-should-not-be-used-as-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/turkey-says-strait-of-hormuz-should-not-be-used-as-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey says Strait of Hormuz should not be used as \u2018weapon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1303527\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fidan-320x200.jpg?v=1778587634\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fidan.jpg?v=1778587633\" alt=\"Turkey says Strait of Hormuz should not be used as \u2018weapon\u2019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fidan-960x600.jpg?v=1778587634\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Umit Bektas\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Turkey supports efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Minister Hakan \u2060Fidan said on \u2060Tuesday, adding \u200bthe channel should \u2060not be used as \u2060a \u201cweapon\u201d during \u200cthe \u2060Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a \u200bpress conference in \u200cDoha alongside his Qatari counterpart, Fidan also said Ankara \u200bwas contributing \u200cto efforts led by \u200bPakistan to find a negotiated \u2060end to \u200cwar \u200bbetween Iran and the United \u200cStates.<\/p>\n<p>[Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1303527\/turkey-says-strait-of-hormuz-should-not-be-used-as-weapon\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Umit Bektas\/Reuters] Turkey supports efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Minister Hakan \u2060Fidan said on \u2060Tuesday, adding \u200bthe channel should \u2060not be used as \u2060a \u201cweapon\u201d during \u200cthe \u2060Iran war. 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