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The Turkish President spoke about issues within NATO, which, according to him, once again manifested in the actions of Greece.
Earlier, the Turkish side has accused the Greek military "provocations". In particular, it was reported that the Greek troops "took" the Turkish aircraft during the NATO exercise "as an enemy". Subsequently, in the headquarters of NATO attempted to refute such claims, noting that supposedly was agreed and prescribed in the scenario of the exercise in the skies over Europe. However, the official Ankara these statements NATO functionaries are not satisfied.
In his speech at the country's largest city – Istanbul – Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the position of Greece "can't make the negative in the relations between Turkey and NATO." With the Turkish President called Greece country, "the value of which NATO is small."
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According to the President of Turkey, the Greek leadership "goes the way of the formation of NATO the negative image of Turkey". The Turkish head of state noted that to make it to Athens will fail.
It should be noted that the NATO again, there was a scandal because of tensions between Athens and Ankara. So, the command of the army of the North Atlantic military bloc published a congratulation with the centenary of the victory of the Turkish troops in the battle of Dumlupinar. This battle took place from 26 to 30 August 1922 and led to the victory of the forces of the Kemalists over the Greeks. The battle is a decisive status in the second Greco-Turkish war. In Turkey is celebrated as the victory day. In Greek historiography, the events described as the Asia minor catastrophe.
In connection with the publication of congratulations by NATO official Athens protested. After that, the command post from the social network removed. In turn, this has caused dissatisfaction on the part of Ankara. Expressed this dissatisfaction including President Erdogan, who called Greece "minor member of NATO".
