Turkish → English transcript

The fact that Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration

I say this because you asked, are coming together, forming a military alliance and creating concrete units

The priority of the threat

Is clear

I mean, together with Türkiye, the other countries as well

I mean, no one can expect this to create any other kind of impression, I mean this

In the opposite direction

Neither before nor after were we given any

Statement of assurance

No one, while these alliances were being formed,

Said to us, “Hey, we are not doing this against you.”

On the contrary, when this alliance was being formed,

At the ceremony while the leaders were standing side by side,

The Prime Minister of Israel

And the Prime Minister of Greece

And the President of the Greek Cypriot

Administration

Made statements there

That define

The spirit of this alliance

Why it was formed

Now, with these facts out in the open,

I, regarding the reaction

We have put forward

Within the talks we are conducting with Greece

Because of the negotiation process, I think it is even too little.

I mean, this

Spirit of cooperation, frankly,

We never wanted to disturb it.

But at that meeting, what the Israeli prime minister said is clear.

There are concrete military structures, there are military cooperations.

Now we cannot just ignore this.

You know, Greece

Can describe this differently, can conceal it.

It is already a NATO country, and later with other countries

Entering into this kind of military cooperation,

Getting involved in it…

In Europe, apart from Greece, this kind of military cooperation

Or an agreement to form a joint force, no one has signed anything like that.

Therefore this is becoming a source of concern,

Not just for us, look, this is not only a problem for Turkey.

They do not say it, but all the Muslim countries in the region

Are seriously

Worried, and the question

They are asking is…

And also, recently…

Based on Israel's occupation and broadcasting in the region

Its policy, that is

Now, when there is such a name, to speak as if Turkey were producing anxiety here unnecessarily

Making that kind of statement is also, well, not

Not right

There are realities at hand

There are facts

People have concerns, the countries in the region do too

Turkey is in a position to protect itself, but

In the region there are actors that are weaker

There are countries that look at this military alliance

With concern, let me say that as well