The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed a report German daily Die Welt, which claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had asked the country’s generals a few days ago to sink a Greek ship in the Eastern Mediterranean, were Athens and Ankara are locked in a dispute over hydrocarbon resources.
The Die Welt report, which also claimed Erdoğan was looking to provoke a military incident with Greece in the region for his own political survival, is a “product of imagination,” state-run Anadolu news agency cited Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy as saying.
The report also said that Turkish generals refused a suggestion to shoot down a Greek fighter so the pilot could eject without harm.
“Greek authorities should halt steps that increase tensions in the region instead of occupying themselves with groundless reports such as this,’’ Aksoy said.
The Die Welt report, titled “Erdoğan’s calculated war,” made headlines in Greece, which disputes Turkey’s claim to waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey’s Oruç Reis vessel, along with a naval escort, is surveying for hydrocarbon resources.
Greece says the vessel is over its own continental shelf, where it has exclusive rights on potential undersea gas and oil, and has deployed its own warships to shadow the Turkish vessels.
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