The strong reaction of the Turkish Ministry of Defense caused the gift made by the Chief of General Staff Dimitrios Houpis in Patriarch Bartholomew during his recent visit to Fanari.
The Chief of General Staff offered to Patriarch Bartholomew the historical map of Thraciae veteris typus by Abraham Ortleus, dating from 1585. The map presents Thrace and Constantinople as Greek territories Something that didn’t like the Turks.
Sources from the Turkish AMYDA ministry said according to Sözcü: “The tooling of the past for transmitting a message is nothing more than a nostalgic solace. We invite those who are trying to disrupt the constructive approaches that the leaders of the two countries promote And they want to cause divisions between the Turkish and the Greek people to abandon their nostalgic comforts and to see, to understand and to accept the events. “
Reaction has been there as well as the MPs of the opposition With Turhan çömez of the party İYİ Balıkesi addressing Turkish Defense Minister Yassar Guler.
“The Greek Minister of Defense comes to Constantinople. He gives a map as a gift to the Greek Patriarch of Fanariou, Bartholomew. The map shows the Thracian territories of Turkey, including Constantinople, as Greek territories. Will you have something to tell your counterpart, Mr. Yasar Guiller? “