Strongyli

Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the Anthropofagoi and Strongyli islets in the eastern Aegean on Wednesday, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) said.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar reiterated on Wednesday that Ankara would continue its energy program in the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus. 

He said, in comments cited by Greek media, that Turkey wants good-neighborly relations with Greece but noted that "a compromise on our rights and interests is out of the question."

A pair of Turkish fighter jets violated Greek air space on Thursday, according to the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA), flying over the small island of Strongyli in the southern Aegean. 

The two Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region without first submitting a flight plan and flew over Strongyli at 24,000 feet at 2.33 p.m., GEETHA said. 

The Turkish coast guard reportedly harassed vessels of the Greek port Authority and military as they prepared on Tuesday to collect migrants and refugees on board a dinghy near the islet of Strongyli off the coast of the southeastern Aegean island of Kastellorizo.

After two airspace violations by Turkish fighter jets over the islet of Ro on Friday morning, a new round of incursions occurred in the afternoon over the islands of Kastelorizo, Ro and Strongyli in the eastern Aegean.

According to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), two Turkish F-16 jets flew three times over Kastelorizo, at 3.58 p.m., at 4.08 p.m. and at 4.11 p.m.

Turkish fighter jets violated Greek airspace on Friday morning, flying over three islets in the southeastern Aegean.

According to an announcement from the National Defense General Staff, a pair of Turkish F-16s flew over the islets of Megisti and Ro at an altitude of 26,000 feet at 10.48 and 10.58 a.m., exiting the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) at 11.24 a.m.

Two pairs of Turkish F-16 fighter aircraft momentarily flew over some of Greece's easternmost islands on Christmas Day at a height of over 27,000 feet.

A few hours after Turkish fighter jets flew over the small island of Kastelorizo in the eastern Mediterranean, a second pair was recorded over the islet of Oinousses, according to defense officials on Thursday.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs to clarify his position towards a visit to three Aegean border islands by Defense Minister Panos Kammenos that was attended by officials from far-right Golden Dawn, lawmakers from socialist PASOK and centrist Potami told Parliament on Monday.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is due in Athens for talks on Friday amid a tense atmosphere between Greece and Turkey, which has been exacerbated by the neighboring country’s decision to carry out naval exercises in the Aegean while discussions take place in the Greek capital.