Yilmaz je nakon toga izjavio da je njegova izjava pogrešno navedena, te da je on u stvari implicirao moguću umiješanost agenata grčke tajne službe u šumskim požarima u regionu Egeja.
Yilmaz said afterwards that he had been misquoted, and that he was in fact implying the possible involvement of the Greek secret service agents in forest fires in the Aegean region.