Turkey’s foreign minister says country is ‘not easily provoked’

Middle East Eye · March 7, 2026 War

Turkey’s foreign minister says country is ‘not easily provoked’ Ankara on Saturday warned Tehran against any attempts to fire towards Turkish territory, just days after NATO intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran heading towards Turkey. "We are not a country that is easily provoked," foreign minister Hakan Fidan told journalists in Istanbul. "We spoke with our friends in Iran and said if this was a missile that lost its way, that's one thing.

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