War winds: Turkey's fighter jets over Greece's sky, near Tsipras helicopter

Tensions have once again risen with Greece and Turkey due to Greece's violation of airspace by Turkey. For this, Greek Foreign Minister Yorgos Katrugalos has sent a protest note to Turkish Ambassador to Greece Mevlut Cavosoglu.

This time, the actual incident occurred on March 25th, at the time the Greek prime minister was on a helicopter in the Aegean Sea airspace, marking the anniversary of a battle against the Ottoman Empire in 1821, writes the Greek Kathimerini, passes Periscope.

The incident has taken place only a few days after Greek Foreign Minister Yorgos Katrugalos and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Ilmaz, were to meet to discuss measures reached in 1988 by the two prime ministers of the time -- Greek Carlos Papoulias and then Greek Prime Minister Mesut Ilmaz.

During March 25th, which is Greece's independence day, according to Greek media, Turkish planes have violated Greek airspace over the Aegean Sea 47 times. Official Athens says such activities, violate the 1988 agreement, which says the countries should avoid any kind of military exercises in each other's spaces, as well as respect the agreement especially at religious and national holidays”.

Greek officials, interpret the move, even as a deliberate demonstration of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan”, saying that dealt with aggressive goals on the eve of elections in Turkey”.

Greek media write that Prime Minister Tzipas was on the helicopter when two Turkish fighter planes F-4 have passed through that space, breaching Greek airspace”. /Periscopi/