Turkey accuses Greece of pursuing Turkish F-16 fighter jets in the Aegean Sea

Greek F-16 fighters pursued two Turkish F-16s during a NATO NEXUS ACE training mission in the Aegean Sea. This was reported by the Turkish TV channel Haber Turk, citing a source in the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.

This is the second such incident in the Aegean. The Turkish side announced them to the central apparatus of the North Atlantic Alliance.

According to the channel, similar incidents took place on August 23 and 24.

In turn, the Greek Ministry of National Defense reported that on August 23, Turkish fighter jets committed 78 violations of Greek airspace, each time Greek military aircraft rose to intercept them.