{"id":661,"date":"2024-11-27T08:02:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/turkish-defense-minister-sends-dual-aegean-message\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T08:02:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:02:44","slug":"turkish-defense-minister-sends-dual-aegean-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/turkish-defense-minister-sends-dual-aegean-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish defense minister sends dual Aegean message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1254603\">\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\/2023\/11\/reuters-yasar_guler-320x200.jpg?v=1700163635\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reuters-yasar_guler.jpg?v=1700163634\" alt=\"Turkish defense minister sends dual Aegean message\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reuters-yasar_guler-960x600.jpg?v=1700163635\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler emphasized the importance of reducing tensions in the Aegean Sea while simultaneously promoting the \u201cBlue Homeland\u201d doctrine, which envisages Turkish influence over vast swaths of the Eastern Mediterranean at the expense of countries in region, like Greece and Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Turkish Parliament\u2019s Planning and Budget Committee, Guler highlighted Turkey\u2019s efforts to maintain the Aegean as a \u201csea of peace\u201d and acknowledged the significant reduction in tensions due to mutual efforts by Turkey and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>However, he also expressed strong opposition to Cyprus\u2019 cooperation with the US and other NATO countries amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, labeling these activities as destabilizing.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated Turkey\u2019s commitment to protecting its rights and interests in the \u201cBlue Homeland\u201d and the Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported on Cyprus\u2019 alleged plan to join NATO, citing a Kathimerini article. The report mentioned that the US lifted its arms embargo on Cyprus four years ago, and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides requested military training and upgrades to NATO standards.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Nationalist Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli called for the immediate removal of US President Joe Biden, criticizing his mental capabilities and decisions.\u00a0<\/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\/1254603\/turkish-defense-minister-sends-dual-aegean-message\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Reuters] Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler emphasized the importance of reducing tensions in the Aegean Sea while simultaneously promoting the \u201cBlue Homeland\u201d doctrine, which envisages Turkish influence over vast swaths of the Eastern Mediterranean at the expense of countries in region, like Greece and Cyprus. Speaking to the Turkish Parliament\u2019s Planning and Budget Committee, Guler &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Turkish defense minister sends dual Aegean message\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/turkish-defense-minister-sends-dual-aegean-message\/#more-661\" aria-label=\"Read more about Turkish defense minister sends dual Aegean message\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/reuters-yasar_guler-960x600.jpg?v=1700163635","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}