Choices of Friends, Choices of Foes, an old Turkish proverb resonates in the corridors of geopolitics: "Türkün dostu ancak Türk’tür" — the Turk’s only friend is another Turk. The recent signing of a military action plan among Cyprus, Greece, and Armenia reinforces this age-old wisdom. These three nations, historically aligned in their antagonism toward Türkiye, are drawing geopolitical lines that speak volumes.

The recent report published by Proto Thema on December 25, 2024, titled “Turkey tries to seize Cyprus’ EEZ in exchange for the divided Syria – Athens and Nicosia on alert,” is yet another example of the Greek media’s reflexive hostility to any geopolitical developments that do not align with their maximalist claims in the Eastern Mediterranean.

On December 20, 2024, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) reported a grave violation of its airspace by French military aircraft. According to the TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, French warplanes, stationed at Baf (Paphos) under the 2017 Defense Cooperation Agreement with the Greek Cypriot Administration, conducted low-altitude flights over the Lefke region.

Today, we solemnly mark the 61st anniversary of December 21, 1963, a day that plunged Cyprus into a dark chapter of violence, betrayal, and ethnic cleansing. Known to Turkish Cypriots as "Bloody Christmas," this day marked the violent collapse of the Republic of Cyprus and the commencement of a systematic campaign to eradicate the Turkish Cypriot people.