Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan claimed publicly that the security alliance between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel is s...

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan claimed publicly that the security alliance between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel is specifically designed to target Ankara. Speaking after the signing of what Turkey calls the "Mecca Agreement," Fidan said the three-country Mediterranean alliance drew a line straight down the middle of the sea. He argued that with Turkey to the north and Egypt to the south, it was obvious who the alliance was aimed at and where it was heading. Fidan also claimed Turkey's own alliance, by contrast, is not directed against any specific country but is instead built around cooperation, shared responsibility, and deterrence. That framing came from the same government that has declared casus belli against Greece over the Aegean and continues to violate Greek airspace on a regular basis. Greece, Cyprus, and Israel have deepened their trilateral security cooperation in recent years, driven largely by shared concerns over Turkish assertiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean. The three countries have conducted joint military exercises and coordinated on energy exploration in disputed waters. Fidan's comments reflect Ankara's increasingly open posture of viewing Eastern Mediterranean security arrangements as direct threats to Turkish interests, rather than legitimate regional partnerships among sovereign states. Turkey has repeatedly contested Cyprus's right to conduct energy exploration in its own exclusive economic zone and has sent warships to block drilling operations. Greece and Cyprus both reject Ankara's claims over the Eastern Mediterranean as having no legal basis. #Greece #Cyprus #EasternMediterranean