Greece Turning Aegean Into Migrant Cemetery, Erdogan Tells UN General Assembly

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused Greece of persecuting migrants in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean as it called on the long-time rival country to respond to Ankara’s calls for cooperation. Erdogan made the remarks during an address at the 77th session of U.N. General Assembly in New York, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. “Greece is turning the Aegean into a cemetery for migrants,” the Turkish leader said, adding that country “with its illegal pushbacks increases the violence against migrants.’’ Migrants are among the string of ongoing sources of tension between Turkey and Greece. Ankara has frequently…