Ankara launched an attack against the President of the Hellenic Republic, on the occasion of her report on Turkey as an invader.
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said it would be beneficial for Greece, the “Greek-Cypriot administration”, as he characterized the Republic of Cyprus, and for the whole region, if Sakellaropoulou adopted the rhetoric of peace and reconciliation instead of war.
The accusations of the Greek president against Turkey are, as he claimed, a ridiculous and useless propaganda and at the same time a provocation. Oktay finally said that if the Greek and the Greek-Cypriot administrations see the truth and intend to start discussions at the base of the two sovereign states in Cyprus, then Turkey will support the initiative.