Turkey warns Greece over 'provocations' after flag raised on disputed island

Turkey has warned Greece to refrain from "provocations" after a Greek flag was hoisted on a disputed, uninhabited islet in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast.

Turkey warns Greece over 'provocations' after flag raised on disputed island

Turkey has warned Greece to refrain from "provocations" after a Greek flag was hoisted on a disputed, uninhabited islet in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish coast.

Prime minister Binali Yildirim told reporters that Turkish coast guards had removed the flag from the island off the coast of the Aegean resort of Didim.

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