Turkey says Muslim countries concerned by Israel-Greece-Cyprus alliance

Turkey says Muslim countries concerned by Israel-Greece-Cyprus alliance Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Sun, 04/19/2026 - 13:11 Ankara’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, warns that the alliance has clear military dimensions Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks to reporters at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, 19 April 2026 (Reuters/Umit Bekta) Off Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday that Muslim countries in the region are concerned by a growing military alliance between Israel , Greece and Cyprus. Fidan said Greece had joined this grouping despite being a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). “No one has given assurances to us that this wasn’t an initiative against us before or after its founding,” Fidan said during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in southern Turkey.