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Former Rear Admiral Cihat Yaycı recently suggested Turkey could procure an old Brazilian aircraft carrier set to be sold for scrap and buy Su-33 Flanker navy jets from Russia.
The NAe São Paulo was formerly the flagship of the Brazilian Navy, which acquired it from France in 2000. During its service, it was the oldest active aircraft carrier in the world, suffering many mechanical problems and spending less than a year in total at sea. The carrier previously served as the Foch in the French Navy having been commissioned in the early 1960s. The Brazilians, finding the carrier increasingly difficult to adequately maintain, finally concluded it was more feasible to scrap it than sink millions into maintaining, repairing, and upgrading it. Brazil sold it for scrap in Aliağa, Izmir for under $2 million.
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Blue Homeland theorist: Greece is expanding at the expense of Turkey, implementing the Megali Idea
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New provocative statements against Greece were made by the former head of the Turkish General Staff of the main theorist of the Blue Homeland theory, Cihat Yaycı, during an interview with CNN Türk.
The so-called “theoretician” of Ankara’s failed “Blue Homeland” project to steal Greek maritime space, provocatively argued that Greece is constantly expanding at the expense of Turkey, talking about the “Megali Idea” (Great Idea).
Erdoğan’s envisioned Blue Homeland that aims to steal Greek islands and maritime space.
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Last Updated On: Jan 23 2021 08:14 Gmt+3
The architect of Ankara s “ Blue Homeland” doctrine, Cihat Yaycı, has urged Turkey to call for the demilitarisation of the Greek city of Alexandroupoli ahead of upcoming exploratory talks between Ankara and Athens, the Greek City Times reported on Saturday.
Yaycı made the call for the northern Greek city, citing the Montreux Convention, a 1936 agreement concerning the Dardanelles strait, the news site said.
“According to the Montreux Treaty, the issue of demilitarization of the region must be raised again and discussed”, Yaycı, the former head of the Turkish General Staff of the Navy and head of the Centre for Naval and Strategic Studies at the University of İstanbul, said.
The former head of the Turkish General Staff of the Navy and head of the Center for Naval and Strategic Studies at the University of Istanbul, has asked for the demilitarisation of Alexandroupolis to be raised in the upcoming Greece-Turkey exploratory talks.
In a post on the Center’s account, the ideological father of the “Blue Homeland” doctrine, Cihat Yaycı, Turkey’s failed attempt to steal Greek maritime space and islands, called for the Thracian city to be demilitarised.
Turkey’s envisioned Blue Homeland that aims to steal Greek islands and maritime space.
He claimed that according to the Montreux Treaty, “Alexandroupolis has a demilitarized status,” so military bases cannot operate in the area, implying U.S. interests in Evros.