"Ja sam izjavio da bi objavljivanje tih navoda prije nego što se oni dokažu bilo greška po pitanju naših odnosa s Grčkom, te da bi se oni stoga trebali ocjenjivati u sklopu države," izjavio je, kako se navodi, Yilmaz, koji je 1990-tih tri puta bio premijer.
"I said that publishing these allegations before they were proved would be wrong for our relations with Greece, and therefore they should be evaluated within the scope of the state," Yilmaz, who served as prime minister three times in the 1990s, was quoted as saying.