War between Turks and Greeks will be similar to Sino-Vietnamese war in 1979 where China prevailed but took heavy casualties
And after Erdogan purges-recently another tens or hundreds officers were detained-I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Erdogan is literally the type of most reasonably leadership the Greek state would desire.
Some commentators here are really unaware of what is happening in the Turkish bureaucracy and security layers. In short, let me give you the following topics.
While the Turkish islands are occupied in the Aegean, the issue cannot be brought to the agenda of the parliament. We cannot even talk about this issue in the mainstream media while the Aegean islands are armed in contradiction with international agreements.
Regarding the Cyprus issue, he has strongly supported the Annan Plan in the past. If the Greek Cypriot side did not showed greed and support the plan, they would have achieved much more than today they have demand. Despite all this, he failed to develop a strong enough discourse to influence the Greek public and to bring the far right wing* to power. (When the far rightists took goverment or control the public-opinion in Greece, they were slapped every time by the Turkish army.)
Very experienced naval officers in the Aegean area were thrown into jail or suspended in the established complo against the navy. Erdogan was the audience of this disaster.
The mass production of the MILGEM project was actually going to start in 2013. However, the RMK shipyard, which received the tender, was part of the Koç Group. After the Gezi events, there were a number of problems between this Holding and the government. And the Milgem project is likely to have been the victim of this dispute.
Very critical sensitive informations, including the operational plans and emergency action plans, was sold to other intelligence agencies by FETO members. These military and intelligence espionage activities have resulted in the reorganization of most units in the country. Some buildings were even demolished and units were moved to new buildings. Many military projects have slowed down due to the elimination of infiltrations, the struggle against espionage activities and the weaknesses created in the cadres. Since 2013, the state has been struggling with this FETO terrorists, and in recent years significant success has been achieved, but the damage to the country before almost unpredictable.
The difference between Greece and Turkey, formerly could be kept in balance by supplier countries. Now it starts to open with a difference in the rate of population(Factors such as GDP and domestic production differences) . For this reason, Greece is trying to incorporate many EU mechanisms including PESCO into the equation in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions. In sum, if the Greeks could not create a climate of peace with the AKP of 2004-2016, it is because of their greed.