With high speed and dangerous maneuvers a Turkish coast guard boat harasses a Greek fishing boat in the broader sea area of the islets of Imia neat the island of Kalymnos.
The Turkish boat sails by at a “breathing distance” from the bow of the fishing boat setting the crew lives in danger.
One of the fishermen films the harassment. He and his colleagues are furious and “decorate” the Turkish sailors with the appropriate …”French.”
A boat of the Greek Coast Guard is nearby and tries to intercept the Turkish boat.
The incident took place on Thursday morning, January 14, 2021.
Local media kalymnosnews that uploaded the harassment video notes that such incidents are frequent in the area.
The Turkish coast guard not only creates problems in the safety navigation and destroys fishing tools, it also risks a “hot incident” with the Greek coast guard.
It was only on January 7, when boats of the two coast guards collided in the same sea area near Imia, the islets Turkey claims they belong to it and not to Greece.
Mr Erdogan is accusing Greece of creating tensions in the area. The coast gard boat is clearly turkish, in greek waters, harassing a greek fishing boat! Amasing how blind Mr Erdogan pretend to be or is he just lying, as usual? Stay behind your own borders, Erdogan!!! And keep your hounds at foot!