Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral summit as “nothing more than the hollow sound of a tin can” during the AK Party provincial heads meeting, stressing that Turkey neither violates others’ rights nor allows its own violation, particularly Turkish Cypriot rights in the Aegean East Mediterranean. He declared agreement signatures, planted messages bind Turkey nothing changes policy adding words from hands “stained with blood of 70,000 Palestinian brothers” hold no value beyond empty echo while vowing no entrapment, no yielding to provocations.
Erdogan positioned Turkey as a distinct nation present since 1071, paying the price of fighting, surviving the millennium opening with grief over the Ankara plane crash carrying the Libyan government Chief of General Staff, Lt Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad entourage.
Trilateral sparks reactions
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran attacked Israeli PM Netanyahu post-Jerusalem trilateral labeling Israeli leaders’ imperialism talk ironic amid “one of history’s worst genocides” portraying Erdogan as stability and peace. Analysts link Ankara’s irritation to the Syria stalemate, where Israel systematically destroys Damascus area weapons, preventing Turkish replacement of Iranian influence, reportedly detaining Turkish soldiers three weeks ago, aiming to disarm Syria, frustrating Ankara’s strategic weakness versus Israel.
Despite rhetoric Turkey-NATO member, avoids military clash with Alliance ally Israel, triggering NATO processes, seeks US F-35 rapprochement, KAAN engines European defense funding post-SAFE exclusion, limiting to verbal attacks.
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Erdogan dismisses Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral.
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Erdogan calls Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral “nothing more than empty tin noise” rejecting rights violations in Aegean East Med Cyprus while Turkish Defense Ministry downplays it as non-allied non-threat closely monitoring amid Gaza rhetoric and detailed Libya plane crash report.
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Erdogan Slams Trilateral as Empty Noise
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral summit as “nothing more than the hollow sound of a tin can” during his speech at the AK Party provincial heads meeting, stressing that Turkey neither violates others’ rights nor allows violations of its own, particularly regarding Turkish Cypriot rights in the Aegean, East Mediterranean, and Cyprus. He declared that agreements, signatures, and messages via planted questions bind Turkey in no way and change no policy, adding that words from hands “stained with the blood of 70,000 Palestinian brothers” hold no more value than an empty echo, while vowing Turkey will neither get trapped nor yield to provocations.
Erdogan positioned Turkey as a distinct nation present since 1071, having paid the price through struggle and sacrifice to survive a millennium in these lands; he opened by expressing deep grief over the previous night’s plane crash near Ankara carrying Libya’s Tripoli government Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and his entourage.
Trilateral Sparks Reactions
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran launched a fierce attack on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu post-Jerusalem trilateral, calling Israeli leaders’ imperialism talk ironic amid “one of history’s worst genocides” and portraying Erdogan’s Turkey as a source of stability and peace. Analysts link Ankara’s irritation to the Syria stalemate, where Israel systematically destroys weapons systems in Damascus and beyond, preventing Turkish replacement of Iranian influence and reportedly detaining Turkish soldiers three weeks ago, aiming to keep Syria disarmed—a strategic frustration for Ankara versus Israel.
Despite high rhetoric, a Turkey-Israel military clash remains practically impossible as NATO member Turkey cannot engage an Alliance ally like Israel without triggering NATO processes; Ankara seeks US F-35 rapprochement, KAAN fighter engines, and European defense funding after SAFE exclusion, thus limiting responses to verbal attacks.
Defense Ministry Stance
In its weekly briefing, the Turkish National Defense Ministry stated it closely monitored the Israel-Greece-“Greek Cypriot Administration South Cyprus” trilateral, its statements, and military cooperation initiatives, deeming them no military threat to Turkey, which remains committed to regional stability and dialogue. It rejected Israeli anti-Turkey rhetoric as baseless both on the ground and under international law, favoring constructive NATO-allied dialogue in the Aegean and East Med, while stressing that steps contrary to alliance spirit change no field realities and insisting “Turkish Republic Northern Cyprus” security rights remain non-negotiable under guarantor regime powers, undeterred by past or future.
Ankara blames tension on exclusionary unilateral steps creating faits accomplis, positioning Turkey for a cooperation and stability basin over a conflict zone; it categorically rejected Greek media airspace violation claims as stemming from Greece’s inconsistent territorial and air space approach – unprecedented historically and today – with Turkish flights in international Aegean airspace, pursuing peaceful resolution via dialogue, negotiations, international law, mutual good will, and good neighborliness.
Libya crash details
The Defense Ministry detailed the Falcon-50 crash ferrying Libya’s Chief of Staff delegation from Ankara to Tripoli on December 23: the aircraft declared emergency due to electrical fault, initiating Esenboğa return procedures, but lost radar contact, prompting immediate dispatch of two UAVs, a CN-235 aircraft, and a rescue helicopter; debris was found in Ankara’s rural Haymana area, confirming fatalities of Libya’s Chief of Staff, Ground Forces Chief, accompanying military delegation members, and full flight crew. The black box was recovered, with a technical probe underway; on December 24, Turkish Chief of Staff, branch chiefs, and Gendarmerie Forensic Department joined an official Libyan delegation for the crash site investigation, with the cause under exhaustive scrutiny by state institutions cooperating with Libyan authorities, expressing renewed condolences to Libya’s brother people.
Netanyahu’s Jerusalem speech sent a clear, unnamed deterrence message to empire revival dreamers: “forget it”; Athens and Nicosia watch closely, eyes on Netanyahu-Trump Mar-a-Lago amid India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) as US attention vehicle, with Turkey a key discussion topic; confirming the trilateral shifts East Med balances, irking Ankara most.
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