#Chinese ‘surveillance’ #balloon in #USairspace is an ‘unacceptable’ violation of #sovereignty, #Washington says. But #Greece has to accept daily #Turkish violations of sovereign airspace & get round a table to sort it all out.

#Blinken postpones #China trip as balloon over US fuels tensions

Why not get round a table to discuss differences as #statedepartment likes to advise partners #oneruleforall #nojetsforTurkey #turkeyoutofnato #hypocricy #ffs

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/3/blinken-postpones-visit-to-china-because-of-balloon-incident

So outsiders should pay attention to #Turkey #presidential and parliamentary elections, which Recep Tayyip #Erdogan suggested this week will be held on May 14th. All the more so since, under its increasingly erratic president, the country is on the brink of disaster. Mr Erdogan’s behaviour as the election approaches could push what is today a deeply flawed democracy over the edge into a full-blown #dictatorship.

The #economist not wrong. #nojetsforTurkey

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/01/19/turkey-could-be-on-the-brink-of-dictatorship?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content

And from aspiring #EU candidate & #nato member #turkey

#istanbul mayor #ekremİmamoğlu sentenced to jail over ‘fools’ insult

Mayor expected to appeal against ruling that is an effort to sideline an #ErdoganWarCriminal rival. The verdict represents the latest step in a crackdown on key figures from the Republican People’s party #CHP #Erdoğan’s main challenger in the vote, which is expected within 6 months

#nojetsforturkey #turkeyisaterrorstate #turkeyoutofnato

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/14/istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu-sentenced-to-jail-over-fools-insult

Statement by the #Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding statements by #Turkish officials on the demilitarization of the Greek islands (07.12.2022)

Questioning of the sovereignty of Greek islands & increase of tension in the #Aegean through threats of war have been condemned in their entirety by the International Community.

#turkey #SE_Europe #SE_Med #turkeyisaterrorstate #nojetsforturkey #turkeyoutofnato #erdoganterrorist #ErdoganWarCriminal

https://www.mfa.gr/en/current-affairs/statements-speeches/statement-by-the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-regarding-statements-by-turkish-officials-on-the-demilitarization-of-the-greek-islands-07122022.html

#Turkey issues new threat against #Greece over #Aegean islands

Turkey’s FM said #Ankara ‘will do what is necessary’ to stop Greece from militarizing #Aegean islands.

“Either Greece takes a step back & abides by the agreements, or we do what is necessary,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday.

#Çavuşoğlu has also stated that Turkey cannot be epected to remain within its current boarders. #ErdoganRegime is desperate & dangerous #nojetsforTurkey

https://www.politico.eu/article/border-greece-turkey-issues-new-threat-over-aegean-islands/

Turkey's values mirror #Russia & #Putin, Northern #Cyprus occupied since '74 as Crimea since 2014.

" #Turkish President #Erdoğan continues to use #Sweden’s desire join #NATO an opportunity both to humiliate the Scandinavian nation and to extort it.

#Erdogan frames his latest demands as a campaign against terrorism although, in reality, he conflates #terrorism with political opposition and #journalism.#TurkeyIsaTerrorState #nojetsforTurkey

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/11/nato-should-apply-turkeys-counterterrorism-principle-against-turkey/

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