March 25, 1821 - after 4 centuries under Ottoman Turkish oppression - Greece declared “Freedom or Death”.
Today we celebrate the revolution that brought democracy back home to Greece.
Χρόνια Πολλά Ελλάδα!
🇬🇷
#1821
ελλας2021
#GreekIndependenceDay
Turkey bombs civilians, assaults Americans on 🇺🇸 soil, threatens U.S. allies with war and refuses to sanction Russia while giving safe haven to its oligarchs. Now they want Americans to sell them weapons as a reward.
Retweet if you agree there must be
#NoJetsForTurkey
VIDEO📽️: Mehmet Oz still won't renounce his Turkish citizenship. He spent years serving in the Turkish military, and is dangerously close with their dictator and regime. Why does he want to be a U.S. Senator?
#StopOz
Turkey’s revisionist agenda in the Aegean is a clear and present danger to peace in the region and to international law.
The 🇺🇸 🇪🇺 🇺🇳 must
#StandWithGreece
against this war mongering.
ICYMI:
@SenatorMenendez
to
@SecBlinken
:
“What do you call a country:
That violates another country’s airspace and territorial waters without provocation?
Drills in another country’s Exclusive Economic Zone?
When you hear about Turkey's territorial claims, airspace violations, and illegal overflights in the Aegean, remember what they're flying over
#NoJetsForTurkey
🚨 ACTION ALERT: Turkey is renewing its effort to secure US F-16 fighter jets, but we cannot let the sale go through unless it's clear that these jets can't be used to attack Greece. Contact Congress now!
#NoJetsForTurkey
🇺🇸 can no longer be silent in the face of Azerbaijan’s reign of terror in the Caucasus.
The Aliyev mafia attacks Armenian civilians with impunity. The US must end all security assistance to this authoritarian NOW.
#StandWithArmenia
.
@POTUS
- voicing support for new and upgraded F16s to Turkey is wrong and shortsighted.
Turkey remains in violation of American law and uses American weapons against 🇺🇸 interests, values, and allies.
#NoJetsForTurkey
TAKE ACTION: Tell
@SecPompeo
that the
@StateDept
must speak clearly and unequivocally to
#Turkey
. Asymmetric warfare, weaponization of migrants, and hostage politics must be condemned. It's now more important than ever that we
#StandWithGreece
.
@POTUS
- as we mark the 48th year of Turkey’s occupation of Cyprus, it is time to remind the world - and even some officials in your own
@StateDept
- of your long standing positions. For example: 👇
The
#NoJetsForTurkey
coalition has long been arguing that Turkey can’t just change its requests, but has to change its BEHAVIOR.
Once again, Congress agrees.
Was just sent this video.
Turkey’s bombing of civilians in Bamerni town near Amedi district in Duhok province of Kurdistan Region.
Two children are reported killed by Turkey.
This is your NATO ally.
Take Action: Thousands of you took action in the last week to
#StandWithGreece
. We need your help again.
There’s a bipartisan bill passed by
@SenateForeign
that holds
#Turkey
accountable. Urge
@senatemajldr
to bring the bill to the floor for a full vote:
As
@SenatorMenendez
makes clear at the
@delphi_forum
, the 🇬🇷🇨🇾🇮🇱🇺🇸 3+1 format is about more than energy, with this cooperation being vital for the security and prosperity of the
#EastMed
region.
Nice try Ambassador, but do you care to explain Oz’s dual citizenship, and why didn’t he renounce his Turkish citizenship immediately after commencing his run for the US Senate?
BREAKING: Genocide denying Mehmet Oz, who served in the Turkish military and is close with Turkeys dictator, has officially won the Pennsylvania GOP primary.
The
@StateDept
’s pro-Turkey camp could not whitewash Ankara’s unreliability as an ally in the F35 debate and it cannot gloss over Turkey’s continued violation of
#CAATSA
& the norms of the Western alliance.
ACTION ALERT:
@SenatorMenendez
has introduced an amendment to the NDAA that would halt the sale of F-16 jets and modernization kits to Turkey until and unless certain certifications are met:
Kremlin recognition of the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” as “independent” requires a swift and firm response, and we will take appropriate steps in coordination with partners.
TAKE ACTION: The
@nytimes
editorial board published a misleading op-ed that instead of calling on
#Turkey
to end its provocations, attempts to lay an equal amount of blame for tensions at the feet of
#Greece
and Turkey.
Send a letter to the editor here ⬇️
.
@POTUS
-- the
#ArmenianGenocide
you recognized last month was part of a larger genocide of Christians in Turkey. Today marks another major phase of that genocide, in which at least 353,000 Greeks from the Pontus region perished.
#PontianGenocide
Action alert:
@nytimes
published what can only be described as a hit piece on
#Greece
, claiming it's running a “secret” site where migrants are abused or denied due process.
Send a letter to the editor today to help set the record straight:
Oz worked over time to avoid getting called out for his suspicious ties to Erdogan. HALC is proud to have partnered with
@ReallyAmerican1
and
@ANCA_DC
make sure he DID get called out. Together we
#StoppedOz
.
We couldn't be happier to have partnered with
@HellenicLeaders
and various Armenian orgs to
#StopOz
in this election. Our ads opposing Oz and revealing his ties to the Turkish regime and Armenian Genocide denial were seen over 5 million times in the run up to the election.
🔥
#HALCHotTake
HALC's new Director of Government Affairs Dean Tsilikas
@dts312
explains why Turkey shouldn't be able to purchase F-16 jets and modernization kits from the U.S
Sign the petition against the sale now:
#WorstAllyEver
#NoJetsForTurkey
VIDEO📽️: Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Mehmet Oz is a close ally of Turkish Dictator Erdogan and does work for his American propaganda arm. He also served in the Turkish military, has refused to give up his Turkish citizenship and is endorsed by Trump.
RT to expose
#WhoIsOz
This new ad we released against Dr. Oz about him housing Turkish nationalist fascists in New Jersey has been “marked sensitive”
By Twitters content moderation, causing many to be unable to see or retweet it.
RT THIS FAR AND WIDE IF YOU CAN SEE IT!
Erdogan’s Turkey is as big a threat to international peace and stability, American interests and values as any other nation on Earth.
#StopErdogan
#SanctionTurkey
Turkey has long been using American F16s to turn the
#Aegean
into a flashpoint for an intra-NATO conflict.
To give 🇹🇷 new and update American weapons with which to threaten the sovereignty of NATO member and US ally Greece would be diplomatic malpractice.
#NoJetsForTurkey
BREAKING: The House Rules Committee has voted to include an amendment by
@RepChrisPappas
in the NDAA which would prohibit the sale of F-16s or modernization kits to Turkey unless certain conditions are met.
#NoJetsForTurkey
#Turkey
and its apologists keep mistakenly believing that the 🇺🇸 needs 🇹🇷 more than Turkey needs the US. Wrong. If Ankara wants the privileges of an alliance, it needs to start acting like a reliable ally. As long as it remains the
#WorstAllyEver
,
#NoJetsForTurkey
.
@SenatorMenendez
: "...It is in our national security interest to lift these outdated decades-long arms restrictions and deepen our security relationship with the Republic of
#Cyprus
."
Thank you Senator Menendez! Full statement here:
Allowing Turkey to purchase F-16s and modernization kits is dangerous, full stop. It's why
@RepChrisPappas
and ten other members of Congress have introduced two critical amendments to the NDAA which would halt the sale or transfer of such equipment to Turkey.
NEW RESOLUTION:
@SenatorMenendez
,
@SenatorRisch
,
@RepGregoryMeeks
, and
@RepMcCaul
have introduced a resolution "welcoming Prime Minister Mitsotakis, to the United States and rightfully celebrating the U.S.-Greece partnership."
Read their release here:
Pennsylvania voters didn't just
#StopOz
- they denied a foreign dictator, Turkey's Recep Erdogan, a seat in our US Senate.
That's a service to American democracy, a defense of the integrity of our Constitutional system of government.
We
#StoppedOz
!
HALC congratulates the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Geoffrey R. Pyatt.
Energy diplomacy in the
#EasternMediterranean
is more important than ever, and Amb. Pyatt’s experience in 🇬🇷 🇺🇦 & the region is a tremendous asset.
#StrongerTogether
1/4
@UnderSecStateP
Nuland’s gaffe in
#Cyprus
today - and her inadequate explanation (in a mocking tone to boot) - demonstrate the need for Biden Administration officials to get the facts on Cyprus straight.
Happy 62nd Independence Day to the Republic of Cyprus.
Full independence will not be a reality until the occupation of Cyprus ends, and HALC remains committed to that goal.
For decades, Senator and then Vice President
@JoeBiden
was crystal clear about the injustice that is Turkey’s continued occupation of Cyprus.
His Administration has veered him off course. Time for
@POTUS
to disregard unwise counsel and personally step up to
#FreeCyprus
.
If
@POTUS
gives in to Turkey’s blackmail on F-16s, it will certainly have consequences in swing states. Great analysis by
@mrubin1971
#NoJetsForTurkey
Hey
@StateDeptSpox
, how inflammatory and provocative do Erdogan’s threats against Greece have to become before you speak bluntly from the podium?
#Shame
#ErdoganUnhinged
@People4Bernie
@katieporteroc
I have always stood for pluralism. Many Bengali Muslims were killed in the horrific 1971 war. Historians have said that Bengalis (as an ethnicity) and Hindus were specifically targeted because of their ethnicity and faith. The resolution should reflect that.
.
@Zemenides
:«Η Ελλάδα έχει γίνει ο απαραίτητος σύμμαχος -Στόχος της τροπολογίας ήταν να σκεφτούμε τι άλλη επένδυση μπορεί να γίνει»
@iefimerida
👇 Huge.
@POTUS
&
@SecBlinken
have declared the Biden Administration is “clear eyed” about
#Turkey
. This is proof. America is back, without mixed signals this time.
We condemn the decision to have Turkish Cypriots take control over parts of Varosha, which is inconsistent with UN resolutions, unacceptable, and incompatible with past commitments to resume settlement talks. We urge a reversal of this decision and steps taken since Oct. 2020.
After walking arm in arm with Putin, Erdogan is now mimicking Russia’s aggression against Ukraine-fabricating a case for war and gaslighting his own public with false grievances.
There's an old proverb Greek grandmothers are fond of that says: "
#ShowMeYourFriends
and I'll show you who you are."
Erdogan's latest outbursts, joining
#Iran
and
#Russia
to slam the US and the UK over the
#RedseaCrisis
, show us once again who he really is: The
#WorstAllyEver
.
On this Armenian Independence, HALC salutes Armenia, and all our Armenian brothers and sisters around the world.
The Armenian people are survivors, and Hellenes will stand with them against the barbarism of Aliyev and Erdogan.
HALC condemns this act of war by the Turkish occupation regime and occupation forces in Cyprus.
The 🇺🇸-which holds the presidency of the UN Security Council-must call a special session to respond forcefully to this belligerence.
@POTUS
@SecBlinken
@USAmbUN
@USEmbassyCyprus
Videos of Turkish occupation forces attacking UN peacekeepers, today in the buffer zone, near Pyla. Attacks due to a land grab attempt, which
@UN_CYPRUS
is trying to block. Totally unacceptable and already condemned by US, France, UK, EU and UNFICYP
@StateEUR
@CyprusMFA
On this day 65 years ago, a violent mob - unleashed by the Turkish government - attacked the Greeks of Istanbul.
The Istanbul Pogrom of 1955, or Septemvriana, delivered a fatal blow to the city's approximately 100,000 strong Greek community.
🚨 ACTION ALERT: Members of Congress are taking the lead to stop the sale of F-16s to Turkey. Make sure YOUR Representative stands up to Erdogan!
Contact your Rep. right now using our easy-to-use form 👇
#NoJetsForTurkey
As
#Turkey
makes the laughable request for Patriot Missiles after it opted for
#Russian
S-400s, it's worth reminding
@StateDept
that they should be publicly calling out Turkey for its bad behavior so that Ankara doesn't think it can get away with moves like this.
Turkey - which should be in the running for a designation of “Aggressor State” - continues to maintain a negotiating tactic of “what’s mine is mine; what’s yours is mine.”
#PiratesOfTheMediterranean
March 25, 1821 - after 4 centuries under Ottoman Turkish oppression - Greece declared “Freedom or Death”.
Today we celebrate the revolution that brought democracy back home to Greece & the 200 year odyssey of Modern Greece.
Here’s to the next 200.
#1821
ελλας2021
#Greece200years
The Biden Administration should not give in to Turkey’s blackmail and give F-16s solely for approving Sweden’s accession to NATO. Turkey must also stop undermining the alliance through its belligerence against Greece. Until then,
#NoJetsForTurkey
ACTION ALERT: We cannot let Turkey's decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque go unanswered! Fight back as we begin our campaign to
#SaveHagiaSophia
...join our boycott of
@TurkishAirlines
and send a message to Turkey that its actions are outrageous!
#Greek
WWII resistance hero Manolis Glezos passed away today. In one of the first acts of the Greek resistance, Glezos scaled the Acropolis with Apostolos Santas and tore down the swastika. This action inspired not only Greeks, but all people in occupied Europe to resist. RIP
#Germany
is just bad at leadership. Almost destroyed EU with its “austerity first” (and second and third) policy approach to the financial crisis. Now this cowardice vis a vis
#Turkey
.
Angela Merkel struck a soft tone towards Ankara during her
#EUCO
arrival, saying the EU has an interest in "developing a truly constructive relationship with Turkey," despite all the difficulties.
She added she is not in favor of sanctions.
More:
FACT CHECK. Didn’t expect
@NatGeo
to be publishing something so historically inaccurate on Constantinople on its site – and on a page tailored for students.
Read the response from HALC's Director of Public Affairs
@ThanosDavelis
:
A genocide is unfolding as Azerbaijan is trying to starve the 120,000 Armenians of
#Artsakh
. Every promise of “Never Again” rings empty if the United States does not break Azerbaijan’s blockade.
@POTUS
,
@SecBlinken
,
@PowerUSAID
- time to step up and end the
#ArtsakhBlockade
.
Erdogan believes Turkey deserves 🇺🇸 F16s as a NATO ally, but wants to be able to use them against another NATO ally, Greece.
@POTUS
: there should be
#NoJetsForTurkey
The embassy of a country literally born in blood after perpetrating the 20th century’s first genocide keeps demonstrating how devoted it is to international peace and security.
#WorstAllyEver
We have nothing to learn from nations whose national anthems contain offensive and aggressive elements - or from those which recently had to delete such passages. No matter - we remember !
.
@mrubin1971
: "
#Turkey
's appeasement is not new. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger normalized it almost a half-century ago when he secretly backed Turkey’s invasion of
#Cyprus
."
🔗 Henry Kissinger should apologize for serving Turkish imperialism:
HALC congratulates
@Christodulides
on his election as President of the Republic of Cyprus.
It has been a privilege to partner with him in his various roles in the
@AnastasiadesCY
government to bring 🇺🇸-🇨🇾 relations to new highs and look forward to his Presidency.
#ΑΞΙΟΣ
.
@SecPompeo
- mobilization of the Oruc Reis proves that
#Turkey
is not committed to deescalation, but to gunboat diplomacy. Hold Turkey accountable for its destabilizing behavior and
#SanctionTurkey
.
Two wealthy nations -
#Turkey
and
#Azerbaijan
- home to nearly 100 million and led by angry, over-armed dictators (
#Erdogan
+
#Aliyev
) are targeting Armenia, home to less than 3 million - a landlocked, blockaded, partitioned
#genocide
-survivor state.
The Beleri case is in essence part of a pattern of denying rights to Albania’s Greek minority, especially in
#Himara
.
If Edi Rama wants to keep 🇦🇱 out of the 🇪🇺, this is one way to do it…
#FreeFrediBeleri