17419 - Turkish Preoccupation
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias
When you have nothing else to do, because things evolve without you, you have to find some preoccupation, in order to convince your own that you are actually doing something. Turkey is in this type of a situation regarding the issue of the EEZ of Cyprus .
Having failed to do anything for a decade, when Cyprus established its EEZ and organized three boundaries with Egypt, Lebanon and Israel, it’s trying to fill the gap with almost ridiculous moves if anything.
The presence of a seismic vessel in an area where we already have all the seismic data for, is meaningless in itself. But when this presence takes place at the adjacent water plots, of the one been researched, it’s reduced to ridiculous. Turkey can not convince anyone but itself that her actions are of some value.
Furthermore, with her action she has already managed to set against her, the European Union, Russia, America, Germany and the European Union committee itself. Could she be continuing those actions in order to set China against her as well?
However she allowed her Prime Minister to continue the work of the Ministry of Press and Media, because he had not said for a while something completely useless regarding the progress of matters.
He finally expressed himself, and proved his level over again, as an expert of strategic error.
The situation is now obtaining a caricature style, which is not even unique, as it is copying the events of 2011
The issue is, that the chessboard has changed, and the same applies to the scenario as well, while Turkey continues to relentlessly play the same role as a supporting actor, who can not find a high gate backstage in order to climb on stage, and is forced play the whole show right there, proving that its politics is a bad taste soap opera.