By Theodore Shoebat

The Greek military has recently warned Turkey that it does not play games. The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, told the Greeks: “If you have the guts, come”. As we read in a report from the Greek City Times:

The insulting characterizations of the Greek Armed Forces by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has provoked reactions from Athens.

According to a report by George Papakonstantinou on Open TV, on a rhetorical level what well-informed sources said is that everyone in Turkey should understand that the Greek Armed Forces are not joking .

The same sources added that if the Turkish president decides to make the mistake of taking the first step, then he should know in advance that this first step will have a destructive response for him and for Turkey.

The Greek Armed Forces, the sources said, do not play games.

It should be noted that Tuesday was a particularly tense day in the Aegean skies with seven engagements and a total of 12 violations by 18 Turkish aircraft, which were intercepted by Greek alert aircraft.

At the same time, in Turkey there is a daily escalation. Erdoğan talks about the power of weapons, insults Greece and the Armed Forces, while Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu addresses a provocative and aggressive call for dialogue, saying “If you have the guts, come”.

According to the correspondent of Open TV in Istanbul, Maria Zacharaki, Ankara has been sending a double message to Athens in recent days.

On the one hand, the Turkish president, claims that Greece does not have the capabilities to confront Turkey militarily, but on the other hand, on Tuesday the Minister of Foreign Affairs said “you do not have the guts or to sit at the table for dialogue, you have no arguments”.