A gunboat of the Turkish Navy violated Greece’s territorial waters and conducted shots with live ammunition near the islet of Farmakonisi in eastern Aegean Sea. The violation occurred on Friday morning and lasted two hours.
Prior to the exercise, the Turkish general staff had issued a warning (NAVTEX) for sailors and ships.
TCG Kusandasi, a patrol boat of the Turkish Navy, entered the Greek territorial waters at 7 am and left two hours later.
Officers at the National Operations Center of the Greek Armed Forces were closely monitoring the Turkish vessel, a gunboat of the Greek Navy was sent in the area.
The Turkish vessel left after concluding the exercise.
Two days ago, another violation, this time of the Greek airspace occurred, when a pair of F-16 fighter jets entered the Greek FIR and conducted flights over Farmakonisi at a height of 26,000 feet.
According to ArmyNow.net, Farmakonisi is being often targeted by Turkey and therefore Greek Armed Forces have increased preparedness.
Recently, Turkish fighter jets have adopted a new tactic and conduct “virtual bombing” of Greek soil.
Turkey has increased its provocations towards Greece challenging the sovereignty of the Greek islands and islets in the eastern Ageean Sea, after the Greek Supreme Court rejected Ankara’s request to extradite eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece and asked asylum after the failed coup of July last year.
