Es ist wirklich beeindruckend mit welcher Rohheit die Türkei Ihr "Nachbarland" zu einer politischen Wende in der Ägäis zwingen will, nämlich mit Erpressung indem man über bewohnte Inseln mit voll bewaffneten Kampfjets fliegt und die griechische Luftwaffe in "Dogfights" verwickelt.
Hier der Original Inhalt des Telegramms von der US-Botschaft in Ankara und deren Botschafter James Jeffrey an den türkischen Vizeaußenminister Apakan:
S E C R E T ANKARA 000855
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2019
TAGS: PARM, PREL, MARR, TU
SUBJECT: TURKEY: AEGEAN ISSUES MUST BE ADDRESSED AS A
PACKAGE, SEPARATE TALKS ON OVERFLIGHTS NOT IN OUR INTEREST
REF: A. STATE 61209
B. ANKARA 840
C. ATHENS 1015
D. DAO ATHENS IIR 6 837 0304 09
Classified By: Ambassador James F. Jeffrey for reason 1.4 (b, d)
Summary
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1. (S) The Ambassador raised Aegean issues with Turkish MFA
Undersecretary Apakan on June 16, pressing hard that
overflights of inhabited Greek islands did not support the
goal of calm in the Aegean. Apakan was clearly taken aback
by our approach on the overflights specifically, and said he
could not understand why the U.S. would ask Turkey to
undercut the direct, confidential discussions Turkey was
conducting with Greece (which, however, he had not briefed us
on in detail until this meeting). He also raised questions
about the veracity of the Greek allegations that overflights
of the two islands had increased significantly. He said
Turkey supported actions which would calm tensions in the
Aegean and supported our goal of preferring diplomacy and
confidence-building measures over military action. Apakan
said that Turkey sought to negotiate Aegean issues with
Greece as a package, and pulling out one issue important to
Greece -- at the behest of the U.S. -- would lessen
significantly Turkey´s leverage on Greece to negotiate other issues. Apakan reiterated Turkey´s call for Greece to agree
to negotiate a "code of conduct" for military air operations
over the Aegean to prevent recurrence of deadly consequences
of Greek intercepts of Turkish military aircraft.
Separately, the First Air Force Commander told us that
nothing has changed in recent months in Turkish flights in
the Aegean. End Summary.
2. (S) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul
Apakan on June 16 to discuss Aegean issues per ref a and to
propose a way forward to work to reduce tension. Apakan was
joined by a broad assembly of MFA experts covering bilateral
Turkey - Greece issues, Maritime affairs and U.S. - Turkey
affairs. Pol-Mil Couns accompanied Ambassador.
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