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Media in Turkey presented excerpts from the interview the Minister of Defense had with Makis Pollatos of Proto Themaregarding the crisis between Athens and Ankara, as well as everything that happened recently in the Eastern Mediterranean. In the same interview, Panagiotopoulos also discussed Greece’s armament program that has been implemented in response to Ankara’s revisionism, as well as Greece’s relations with the new US leadership. The headlines of Turkish publications revolve around the specific statement by Panagiotopoulos that there “were three general mobilizations of the Arm...

Defence Minister Panagiotopoulos: We almost went to war with Turkey three times last year Search for: “Three times there was a universal mobilization of the Armed Forces,” Panagiotopoulos emphasised when speaking about tensions with Turkey. The Minister of National Defense clarified that “as long as there is a threat from the east,” meaning Turkey, “there is no question of demilitarisation of the islands.” More shockingly however, Panagiotopoulos revealed in his interview with Proto Thema that Greece almost went to war three times with Turkey at the height of the Oruç Reis crisis...