Turkish President Recep Tayyab Erdogan has made it clear that Turkey will take everything it owns in the Mediterranean, as well as in the Aegean and Black Sea, and will defend its rights. No concessions will be made.
According to the Turkish news agency Anadolu, Recep Tayyab Erdogan said in a speech on the occasion of the 949th anniversary of the "Manzkerat" war in the eastern Turkish city of Moss that Turkey has no other country's territory, sovereignty or interests. It has nothing to do with what we have, but we will not make any concessions in this regard.
Referring to the dispute with Greece over Turkey's rights to maritime territory and energy resources, Erdoانan said that Turkey urges everyone to refrain from taking wrong steps that could lead to disaster. He said that even today, incompetent people of Byzantine heritage, relying on the support of Europeans, commit injustice and piracy, which shows that they have failed to learn from history.
He made the remarks in the context of Turkey's massive discovery of natural gas in the Black Sea and the ongoing dispute with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean. His ship, which has been excavating since July, has since discovered 320 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves.
