Code "Egemen": The plan to invade Turkey in Thrace

Code "Egemen": The plan to invade Turkey in Thrace

• The top secret project "Hegemon" for the event that Greece extend beyond 6 nautical miles of territorial waters
• Assault in the Fourth Army Corps of Bulgaria, unorthodox war challenge between the Aircraft Episode Lesvos and Chios

Written by Manos Iliadis

In a recent report on violations of the Turks, it was reported that the MoD initiative, D. Avramopoulos, put the issue to the Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz contacting them, and then invited the Turkish ambassador in Athens asking him to convey the views of the Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. 

The result was the same day to record 21 violations by Turkish aircraft, which were accompanied by a "friendly" deal with the Greek Minister of the Turkish counterpart, and a promise to be in the future for a mutual exchange of visits between the two ministers in order to defuse the tension, etc. 

The approach

The inefficiency above demarche due to the fact that the Greek side seems willing to address the self-evident fact that the Turkish challenges are structural element of Turkish policy towards our country, which changes neither with zeibekika the ineffable individual, once ypedythi Foreign Minister and then Prime Minister of Greece, nor the subsequent godparenthood or the decision to "strategic cooperation" and joint cabinet meetings and, of course, nor with the famous (American inspired) "Confidence Building Measures", which the Turks signed without ever implementing it. 

An account statement that this policy prevents any deepening of our relations with Turkey demonstrates that this argument does not hold water. With this policy, the Turkey consolidated level impressions unreasonable demands of the international public opinion and maintain with the challenges of the initiative and the potential for escalation at a time of its own choosing and culminating a hot episode with unpredictable consequences. 
The changes in the rules of international relations and the balance changes in the international system over the past two decades, during which time there was a series of conflicts in order to dissolve the States, changing schemes, etc., have made ​​the international environment particularly volatile and dangerous especially in our region. Recent developments in the Arab world and further instability resulting from the events of Ukraine also made ​​it imperative to maintain the cohesion of NATO, so any attempt to disturbance are highly undesirable. 

This item attaches to Greece to bring a another policy to the Turkish aggression. And this is the publication of Turkish designs against Greece, which leaked in 2010, after an internal dispute in the Turkish political system. 

Greece In these plans, leaked around the Ergenekon case, made ​​famous by the disclosure of business plans 'Sledgehammer' and navy addendum to the draft "Suga". Through these Turkish military planned to undermine the regime Erdogan, causing an unsettled situation with Greece, with provocations which provided even shooting down a Turkish aircraft themselves Turks, which would it placed in Greece. 
Notably here was that while the Sledgehammer case revealed a normal business plan, the Turks showed no particular concern about the disclosure of their plans, leading to concerns about whether the leak was unpredictable or not. 

Conditions Ankara to implement the movements of

one of the conclusions drawn from elements of the plan that the site would not be mentioned here is the fact that the Turks set certain conditions for the implementation of their project. 
Principal among these is the existence, in the immediate environment and the international community, favorable conditions for Turkey and "improving the level of understanding by the international community to the particularities of Turkey." 

Estimates

In any case, the Turks do not seem to balk before the possibility to implement their plans, which shows their appreciation that "after the initial shock, they will suffer the countries of the region and international organizations will intervene for a ceasefire," hence the need to reduce the time of operation of the undertaking in 3-4 days. 
Another finding is that Greece is not going to extend its territorial waters before the Cyprus problem, because in this case the Cyprus will be "collateral" in the hands of the Turks. 
basics of Turkish policy in this case is to keep the casus belli as argument standing any Turkish offensive action in the future and create tension in the Aegean, scalable depending on the circumstances, up to Turkey to find this advantageous position, ensuring tolerance of the international community for the Turkish demands in the region. 
intended From this apparent tension in the Aegean our objection that the Turkish provocations can not stop with phone calls, CBMs, dances and other ... festivals. 

How would crush the border troops Erdogan! 
The (staged) attack by gunboats in the Aegean

The Greek services, including the department of SS (Interdisciplinary Directorate of Military Intelligence) had information on Mai another very important business, under a project called «Egemen" (Hegemon) completely unknown to the Greek public. Note that «Egemen» was the name of the open project, while the secret name was «ERTUGRUL», from the name of an Ottoman captain of artillery, who, during the First World War, challenged with the fire-battery of the kastellorizo ​​and precipitated large English warship ... 

Specifically, the Greek services acquired in October 2010 the first information about the project Egemen 1 Army (Istanbul) of the Turkish army, which dealt Seminar on operational projects conducted at the headquarters of the Army in time 5-7 March 2003. Until May 2011 the Greek services already collect and evaluate all primary information material of this seminar, which dealt with the first address internal threats (the rise of Islamists to power) and other operations against Greece in theater Ebro (area of responsibility of the 1st Army). 

material 253 pages

The entire information material was 253 pages, which, as mentioned in a newsletter, both confirms previous reports on the subject, and describes each detail the aggressive power of the Turks against Greece in Evros and ensure the rear area of the 1st Army. 

material included the time table of the seminar (15 pages) SECRET, presentation in Powerpoint (44 pages), also SECRECY of Enterprise Directorate of the 1st Army and, finally, the transcripts of eight cartridges (194 pages) which included discussions made ​​during the examination of how energy formations of the 1st Army. 
noted that the Seminar on the Draft Egemen (Ertugrul) involved 147 officers (26 senior and 121 above) of the General Staff of Land Forces, Navy, Aviation and the gendarmerie. Even in the Seminar attended as observers 15 other officers (three senior and 12 above), or a large set (162) and senior senior officers that only a conspiratorial action to overthrow the regime did not refer. 
purpose of the seminar was to improve existing plans and their annexes, in the light of the findings resulting from the Seminar.

As noted in the introduction of an information sheet, the importance of the material lies in the fact that it relates to real business plan of the 1st Army, which because of the nature of the terrain and the same organization of formations and other factors (eg exercises Turkish new structure of the land forces, etc.) is expected to remain broadly the same. 
Note: Any changes thereafter promptly identified, to our knowledge, during 2013, with a major change to refer to conduct offensive action from the sea in the southern area of the region of interest, etc., do not change significantly the backbone of the project. 

Essentially, the seminar included the evaluation of an alternative draft general plan business Egemen, which was written in 2000. Seminar The metepese later in design work, which is scheduled to take place immediately if the Greece make or show the intention to extend its territorial waters over 6 nautical miles. 
Figures from the plan that the Turkish power in Thrace is supportive of operations in the Aegean. Note that as a pretext for the implementation of Turkish designs provided the aeronautical challenge episode in between Lesvos and Chios (hypothetical harassment Turkish gunboats from Greek aircraft, if u the range of Turkish provocations, as is clear from our own experience and recently in Syria is infinite). 
's strategic objective of the company is to attack the weaknesses of the Fourth Army Corps, then overcoming the Greek defensive end position and destruction in parts of Greek forces in the east line Esimon - Abba! 

On discussions project were specific references to end the destruction of Greek forces to the region. One of them, who became the commander of the 2nd Army Corps to the commander of the 1st Army General Cetin Dogan, reads: "A business that will take place in Thrace, Ms. specific territorial invasion will cause in the short term intervention the region's countries and organizations such as the EU and NATO. Evaluating all of the above, should the company take 3-4 days. Because of this, the objective of the firm rather than the squat crossings Makris and Circe, included in existing plans must be destroyed by attacks, the enemy is in the area until the area Abba - Esimon. " 
 Generally what is clear from the above seminar is that the company aims to entrapment and destruction of the bulk of the forces of the Fourth Army Corps, to enable it to exploit Turkey in the negotiations that will follow, with Greece watered thoroughly after crushing blow to the destruction of forces in Thrace to waive the right to extend its territorial waters and to accept any other requirement of the Turkish Aegean and Thrace. 

's description of the proposed project by Egemen business, referred in detail not value to the average reader, except for certain details which have their own importance. 

Specifically, the missions of the Turkish special forces provided by the plan states: 
"In the Fourth Army Corps will use lots of unorthodox war, which will penetrate Bulgaria, because the Greek forces do not have sufficient security measures in these areas. " 
immediately following is stated: 
"In the area of responsibility of the Fourth Army Corps no infrastructure support of Turkish enterprises unorthodox warfare", which confirms the information about the organization extremist elements of the Muslim minority in Thrace. 

How can Greece to stop their plans

What may, however, does Greece is to proceed in updating EU with elements of Greek services, and NATO, which, whatever the standard practice for avoiding an unimaginable conflict between two allied countries in this period is very sensitive to disturbances that could weaken the Atlantic Alliance. Note that Greece has already taken similar action with respect to violations of the airspace, providing long NATO radar image of the Aegean, which was not however result due to allegations of Turkish on the scope of the national our airspace etc. 

Challenges

With this information and given the history of Turkey, which is subject to a number of artificial challenges and provocative actions against neighboring countries, Greece could alter future Turkey's efforts to invoke one occasion which will cause the same, which will allow it to implement its plans. Anecdotal evidence for the Turkish plans against our country, some of which made ​​public today, is so overwhelming, that will certainly have a positive effect. 

Such information is not only a valuable weapon in wartime, but also an essential element of preserving peace by supporting policy objectives with proper use. The value of information is also only in their use and function effectively and not to preserve them for study by historians ... 

Source newspaper "Democracy"