What Turkey’s harassment of EU defence ministers reveals about its ambitions in Cyprus

Turkey’s decision to scramble F-16s and jam the communications of aircraft carrying three EU defence ministers flying to Cyprus on Sunday was a deliberate attempt to assert control over the airspace above the occupied north and force compliance with the so-called control tower of the illegal Tymbou airport, according to Greek and Cypriot government sources.

President Nikos Christodoulides, confirming the harassment on Monday, said the targeting of aircraft from EU member states pointed to...