admission by former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz
that Turkish secret agents intentionally started forest fires in
Greece in the
1990s as part of state-sponsored sabotage.
The claims are not new and were
common knowledge on
the islands of the eastern Aegean which were particularly
hard hit by wildfires in the 1990s. But Yilmaz’s
comments -- part of an
interview published in the
Turkish daily newspaper Birgun over the
weekend --
are the first admission by an official source
that Ankara was funding
subversive activities in Greece.
According to Yilmaz, who served as
premier three times in the 1990s, agents of the
Turkish secret service set fire
to Greek forests during the leadership of his archrival
Tansu Ciller, from 1995
to 1998. During that period major forest fires caused huge
damage on the
islands of the eastern Aegean and in Macedonia.
The news sparked political outrage
Greece on Monday. Foreign Ministry spokesman
Grigoris Delavekouras said the
claims were “serious and must be investigated,”
adding that Athens was awaiting
a briefing from Ankara.
Conservative New Democracy’s shadow
foreign minister Panos Panayiotopoulos
said the revelations “cast heavy shadows
over Greek-Turkish relations” and called
on Turkey recompense Greece for losses
incurred.
Giorgos
Karatzaferis, the leader of the right-wing Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS),
was indignant and triumphant, noting that he had been accused of extremism when
as
an MP he had accused Turkish secret agents of arson in Greece. “Now, from the
lips of former Turkish premier, we have an admission to the crime,” he said.
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