The Turkish Foreign Ministry responded to the Greek Defense Minister's statements

"We strongly condemn the vile, false and slanderous statement of the Greek Defense Minister Nikol Dendias, which targeted the Turkish Cypriots and the Turkish army", the Ministry of Defense of Turkey responded to the statement of the Greek Defense Minister Dendias about the Turkish Cypriots and the Turkish armed forces.

This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

The statement mentions that in 1963-1974, the Turkish army saved the Turkish Cypriot people, who were subjected to all kinds of pressures from the Greek side, from an attempt at genocide. The Greek Defense Minister was called upon to stop attempts to undermine the common position put forward by the leaders of the two countries, which aims to develop a constructive approach. Relations between Turkey and Greece.

"Dendias' efforts to build a political career by creating differences between the Turkish and Greek peoples will not bear fruit," the statement said.

It should be noted that during his visit to Southern Cyprus, the Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias described the Turkish army as an occupying force and emphasized the security of Cyprus. The Turkish newspaper Aydınlık reported that Greece had decided to establish a naval base in the port of Mari.In his statement, Dendias expressed his "deep respect and patriotic gratitude" to the EOKA organization and again called the Turkish soldiers the occupiers of Cyprus.

EOKA is the National Union of Cypriot Combatants