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Greece compares Turkey to North Korea in latest row with Erdogan

Erdogan’s remarks raise stakes in rivalry between fellow NATO members as threatening rhetoric escalates.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Cuban President in Ankara, on November 23, 2022. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with the Cuban president in Ankara, on Nov. 23, 2022. — ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images

ISTANBUL — Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias likened Turkey to North Korea today after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Turkish missiles could hit Athens in a further escalation of the war of words between the NATO allies. 

“It is unacceptable and universally condemnable for threats of a missile attack against Greece to be made by an allied country, a NATO member,” Dendias said while attending a European Union meeting in Brussels. 

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