Akar renews Cyprus invasion threat

Reiterating remarks he made earlier in the month, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar suggested Friday that Turkey will not hesitate to invade Cyprus again.
"We are at the same point in Cyprus that we were in 1974. No one should doubt that we will do what we did then if we have a similar situation today," he reportedly said during an event marking the 97th anniversary of the end of the 1922 Greek-Turkish war, which is celebrated in Turkey as Victory Day.
He also expressed Turkey's determination to continue activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean.
"We will never back down from our rights and interests," Akar said, warning that no one should test Turkey's power and resolve, before seeking to clarify that this should not be viewed as a threat.
At the same time, Turkey issued another navigational telex (Navtex) yesterday reserving areas from...

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