Fidan targets Greece’s Israel ties

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan points arsenic helium speaks to the reporters astatine Antalya Diplomacy Forum successful Antalya, Turkey, connected April 19, 2026. [Umit Bektas/Reuters]

Turkey’s overseas curate has described the subject practice betwixt Israel, Greece, and Cyprus arsenic a wide “threat priority,” successful remarks that Athens views arsenic portion of a broader diplomatic run to isolate Greece within Europe.

Speaking astatine the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, Hakan Fidan said nary European state has pursued subject practice with Israel to the grade Greece has, and warned that the trilateral confederation signals hostile intent — not lone toward Turkey, but toward different determination states.

“This concerns Turkey arsenic well arsenic different countries successful the region,” Fidan said. “No 1 should expect a antithetic content to beryllium created.”

Athens interprets Fidan’s repeated statements connected the contented arsenic an effort to represent Greece arsenic retired of step with mainstream European sentiment connected Israel. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has publically criticized the Netanyahu government, peculiarly implicit attacks connected Lebanon.

Turkish analysts accidental Fidan is besides working to rally Muslim-majority nations against the Greece-Cyprus-Israel partnership. “There are different countries successful the portion that are weaker and view this subject practice with concern,” Fidan added.