Greek anger at Turkey border treaty remarks

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BBC

Greece has reacted angrily after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to question a treaty that set borders between the two countries.

Mr Erdogan said the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne was a defeat for Turkey as it "gave away" islands to Greece.

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos warned Turkey not to pursue "dangerous paths".

Tensions over a disputed Aegean islet in 1996 brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war.

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[awoke_in_2003]

1. Boot Turkey out of NATO

they don't belong in it. Those islands are Greek, and they need to get over it.

[ripcord]

2. Amazingly NATO doesn't have a method for expelling a member who attacks another member

it doesn't have a method for expelling anyone. Greece and Turkey have both gone at it before, I believe it was over Cyprus.

[awoke_in_2003]

3. Wow

I would have thought they would have planned for such an occasion, especially with Germany's recent (at the time NATO was formed) history of invading their neighbors.

[Grimelle]

6. The Cyprus

isssue will never go away...Once in a while it flares up.

[Feeling the Bern]

4. Nothing distracts moron voters more from authoritarian dictators than a trumped up, quasi-patriotic

border dispute. Just look at China.

[FigTree]

5. Interesting that he refers to the 1923 treaty.

That particular treaty confirmed Italian sovereignty. It was based on Turkey's cession of its right to Italy in 1920, hoping to enforce its claim over the islands (how that would be logical is a mystery to me). Anyways, it was in 1946, in the wake of WW2, where Turkey didn't particularly shine with its opposition to the nazis' delirium. Tried to be "neutral", and declared war with Germany in... 1945! That pretty much kicked Turkey off the talk table in 1946 and the sovereignty was transferred to Greece in 1947.
Guess the little man has a hard time making a case for being wronged after WW2. So, in trump's fashion, he goes back to whatever/wherever/whenever his position is not that obviously weak.

[Grimelle]

7. Thanks. Great post.

I learn something today.

[dembotoz]

8. turkey has a bunch of problems on another border and don't think greece can afford to get fries with

their big mac right now so saber rattling does not serve either.


lets hope the leadership on both sides is brighter than trump