Turkey denies its jets harassed planes carrying Dendias and European defence ministers to Cyprus

Turkey has denied that its fighter jets harassed aircraft carrying Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias and European defence ministers to Cyprus, calling reports of the incidents “entirely false.”

The Turkish presidency’s communications directorate said four of six aircraft operating on the Greece-Cyprus route on June 7 violated the airspace of the occupied north, and that two F-16s stationed there took off as a precautionary measure. The jets flew over the airspace of the occupied north and...