Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu openly accused Greece and Cyprus of harboring terrorist groups targeting his country.
More specifically, Mr Cavusoglu told the media that Cyprus had granted permission to the Syrian Kurdish PYD party to open a representative office in Nicosia.
Warning Cyprus that it “will pay a heavy price in the event of a PYD attack against Turkey or Turkish Cypriots”, the Foreign Minister added that “they should not play with fire”.
In addition, Cavusoglu also accused Greece of providing shelter to members of the PKK and the outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist organisation.
Ankara has listed the PYD group as a terrorist organisation, citing their links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Finally, the minister also condemned Greece for allegedly supporting the FETO movement around US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, which has been accused of orchestrating the 2016 coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
It is worth mentioning that Greece has never accepted those allegations; similar claims have been made by Turkey in the past.