Republic Day is a public holiday commemorating the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, on 29 October 1923
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The nationalist organization "Grey Wolves" donated a map showing the Aegean islands & Crete as part of Turkey to government partner Devlet Bahceli
He went so far as to involve Greece in fostering terrorists along with Sweden & Finland adding that PKK members also have German and French weapons
Opposition leader calls on Turkish President to escalate tensions with Greece, leaving the military option open
The provocative statements on the 569th anniversary - In front of the podium stood men in traditional military uniforms of the Ottoman period
Speaking immediately after the cabinet meeting, the Turkish President made it clear that he does not intend to meet with the Greek Prime Minister again
Athens speaks of a very clear escalation of Turkish provocation & talks about Ankara's attempt to promote its neo-Ottoman revisionism
They present maps with Greek islands saying that Greece "illegally" owns them
Greece speaks of Turkish escalation - Provocative statements by Turkish journalists & analysts in the same line that Ankara has methodically drawn
"Greece rejects the Turkish unilateral objections for the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean"