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Are Turkey and Greece Heading for War?
The Greek Armed Forces are on high alert on land, sea and air, closely monitoring Turkish movements in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Greek media.
After Turkey last month restarted prospecting for oil and gas in an area overlapping Greece’s continental shelf, Greece deployed warships between the islands of Cyprus and Crete.
- Uzay Bulut
- Gatestone Institute
Since then, tensions have run high between Turkey and Greece.
On August 12, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned about the possibility of an “accident” in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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