Turkey’s air and naval forces have conducted joint training exercises in the Aegean Sea, the country’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
In order to “enhance, maintain and improve” the operational capability of joint inter-forces, F-16 fighter jets also took part alongside warships, the ministry tweeted.
The announcement came as Turkey and Greece are vehemently at odds in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over gas and oil exploration.
It is to be mentioned here that relations between Greece and Turkey have traditionally been tense. The two have come to the edge of war three times since the 1970s.
