Provocative Threats from Mustafa Destici: “We Will Drown You in the Aegean”
Turkish nationalist Mustafa Destici provoked tensions with aggressive threats toward Greece over the Aegean and Thrace, challenging sovereignty ahead of his controversial visit to Komotini on July 24.
Provocative threats from Mustafa Destici: “We will drown you in the Aegean” – Provocative Mustafa Destici: Threats concerning the Aegean and Thrace before his visit to Komotini
In a crescendo of nationalist rhetoric and direct threats against Greece, the president of the Great Unity Party (BBP), Mustafa Destici, spoke out.
In a video circulating with Greek subtitles, the Turkish politician does not hesitate to insult Greek sovereignty and historical memory, referring to Athens as a city “where our flag flew for 400 years”, while openly threatening a repeat of the events of 1920.
Destici also directs his arrows at Emmanuel Macron, ironically recalling Ottoman rule, while targeting the Dodecanese islands and Western Thrace.
These statements carry particular significance for our region, as he has a scheduled visit to Komotini on July 24, raising serious questions about whether he will be allowed entry into the country after such public insults.
Editor’s Note: Although this rhetoric comes from a smaller nationalist party, it reflects a segment of the Turkish political scene that persists in exploiting history and cultivating a climate of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, targeting the domestic nationalist audience.
Editor’s Note
It is puzzling how a politician who uses hate speech, questions borders, and threatens to “drown” a neighboring country in the sea considers his visit to the heart of Thrace as a given. July 24 is a symbolic date (anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne), and such incendiary appearances serve nothing but disruption. Greek diplomacy must examine whether Destici’s presence in Komotini constitutes a risk to public order and national dignity.
This rhetoric, although coming from a smaller nationalist party, reflects a segment of the Turkish political scene that persists in exploiting history and cultivating a climate of tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, targeting the domestic nationalist audience.
WHAT MUSTAFA DESTICI SAID
“I am saying this now to the President of France, Macron, who is wagging his finger at us from Athens, from Greece. You once kissed the caftans of our sultans. The caftans, the caftans! Your king could meet only with our vizier. He could not meet with our sultan.
That’s why you will learn your place. You cannot wag your finger at us from Athens, where our flag flew for 400 years. The day will come when that glorious flag will fly again in Athens. The day is coming when you will again be forced to kiss the caftans and hands of our Republic’s President and the leaders of our state.
But for those who dream of 12 miles in the Dodecanese, and those who try to eliminate my Turkish brothers in Western Thrace, the magnificent state of the Turkish Republic will, of course, teach them their place, and just as we threw them into the sea on May 19, 1920, so again – God willing – we will drown them in the Aegean.”
Source: TAXIARHISpress
