Turkish President Erdogan’s top advisor, Yigit Bulut, unleashed new threats against Greece, warning that Turkey would annihilate Greece in a matter of 3 to 4 hours if it declared war on Turkey.
According to a Turkish journalist, who posted the relevant video on Twitter, the belligerent adviser is heard saying that “Greece will totally end up in a catastrophe within three to four hours if it wages a war against #Turkey”. He claims Greece was provoked by major powers to attack Turkey, citing an incident with a Greek frigate “Nikiphoros Fokas” which had recently intercepted the Turkish search and exploration vessel “Barbaros” in the Mediterranean Sea.

#Greece will totally end up in a catastrophe within three to four hours if it wages a war against #Turkey, claims Turkish president chief aide Yigit Bulut who says Greek was provoked by major powers to attack on Turkey, citing frigate intercept incident in Mediterranean. pic.twitter.com/Q6NZlJngDA

— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) October 26, 2018

In another excerpt of the video, Erdogan’s top aide said Israel was providing Greek warships with intelligence collected through UAV aircraft in order to use them against Barbaros.

#Israel provides intelligence gathered through UAVs to #Greece navy warships to use against Turkish explorer vessel Barbaros, claims #Turkey president #Erdogan‘s chief aide Yigit Bulut on gov’t TV network. pic.twitter.com/E6U8gxdmvK

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— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) October 26, 2018

Mr Bulut has regularly used inflammatory and provocative rhetoric in the past against Greece.