Bahçeli is the head of the ultra-nationalist and extremist MHP party and an Erdogan government coalition partner
The trademark had been filed by the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) in 2021 and immediately generated heated opposition by Athens
'Blue Homeland' exercise, a reference to Turkey’s expressed expansionist and revisionist policies, involves 20,000 military personnel, 87 warships, seven submarines, seven unmanned naval vehicles, 31 aircraft, and is scheduled to be completed by Jan. 16.
Turkey says the 'Blue Homeland 2025' exercise will take place from January 7-16, and aims to enhance the operational preparedness of its naval forces in the Black Sea, Aegean, and Mediterranean.
Erdogan referred to the irredentist policy of the “Blue Homeland” – a strategy which effectively disputes Greek sovereignty over a large sea area including islands in the eastern Aegean