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.
Jilmaz je posle rekao da je pogrešno citiran i da je u stvari nagovestio moguće učešće agenata grčke tajne službe u šumskim požarima u Egejskoj oblasti.