“Certain forces are trying to infringe on the rights of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot community in the eastern Mediterranean.” According to Turkish media, this was stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addressing the participants of the Mavi Vatan-2021 exercises by videoconference on Saturday.
The President said that Turkey faced injustice, overt and covert sanctions.
“Turkey does not seek to infringe on the sovereignty of other countries and does not claim anyone’s territory, including in the maritime zone. We only defend our rights and the Motherland. We have successfully implemented each of our initiatives, as in the case of the end of the occupation in Nagorno-Karabakh, “the head of state noted.