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"Akar embarrassed Greek MPs in Istanbul", Turkish media write about yesterday's verbal incident at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Not surprisingly, the way they chose to present the news, despite the fact that in fact the exact opposite happened.[/B][/B]
Houloussi Akar attempted to take advantage of this forum to send his own provocative messages on the Greek-Turkish and the Cyprus issue.
[/P]Houloussi Akar also tried to use this forum to send his own provocative messages on the Greek-Turkish and the Cyprus issue. What he did not count on was the presence of the five-member Greek delegation, which of course would not sit idly by.
The rebuttal began with the head of the Greek delegation, New Democracy MP Spilios Livanos. Then the floor was taken by Manousos Voloudakis, also a member of the ruling party of Greece. Their references to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus were the last straw for Akar.
It was then that the Turkish Defence Minister began to lose his temper, to... turn to the Turkish language (until that moment he had been speaking English) and, clearly irritated, to try to justify the unjustifiable. He spoke of a "peacekeeping operation" in Cyprus in 1974, suggesting for the first time that the tragedy was also about saving the Greek Cypriots who - as he said - "were in danger."
The rant lasted 13 minutes and then the Turkish defence minister left the room, saying that "enough Greeks had spoken". According to the descriptions of the five Greek MPs, the debate continued in the corridor, where Houloussi Akar continued his anti-Greek rant.
As extreme as it was, the outburst did not particularly surprise all of us in Cyprus and Greece who have been witnessing such attacks by Turkish officials every day lately. But unfortunately for him, Houloussi Akar lost his temper and started ranting in front of delegations from all the NATO countries attending the summit. They saw, heard and witnessed for themselves what they have been hearing Greece denounce for weeks. Something that is of tremendous value in view of the crucial NATO meeting in Spain at the end of the month.
Akar showed his true self. He betrayed Turkey's methods and real intentions regarding the Aegean and Cyprus. He went back to black and white again. Only this time he didn't count that he wasn't just talking to like-minded people. The mere fact of the existence of a confrontation made him lose his temper and his words. It seemed he hadn't expected it and wasn't prepared for it. He tried to cover up his lies with even bigger lies and in the end he walked out "to stop listening to the Greeks". Otherwise... he "embarrassed them".
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