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Turkey ratchets up rhetoric in gas dispute
By EUobserver
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratcheted up rhetoric against EU member states in a dispute over gas in the eastern Mediterranean. "It is funny (for other countries) to use Greece, which cannot fight its way out of a paper bag, as bait against a regional and global power like Turkey," he said. Ankara had also announced its research vessel will carry out seismic surveys in the disputed area.