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Turkey Rejects Greek Accusations of Illegal Overflights

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during joint statements with his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, April 28, 2022. (Reuters)

Turkey on Thursday rejected accusations that its warplanes conducted unauthorized military flights over Greek islands, pointing the finger at fellow NATO-member Greece instead.

A Turkish Foreign Ministry statement said accusations made by Greece "do not reflect the truth" and insisted that it was Greece’s air force that carried out "provocative flights" near Turkey’s coast, allegedly violating its airspace repeatedly over the southwestern towns of Didim, Datca and Dalaman.

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