Turkiye's Foreign Ministry delivered a verbal note to Greece on Thursday following the Hellenic Air Force's controversial social media post showing C-130 transport aircraft just two days after a Turkish military cargo plane of the same model crashed, killing all 20 service members aboard.

Axar.az informs, citing Turkish media, the diplomatic communication came after the Greek Air Force posted photographs of multiple C-130 aircraft on its official social media account with the caption "Photos of the Day!" The post appeared on Thursday, as Turkiye was conducting repatriation operations for victims of the November 11 crash near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border. The timing drew immediate backlash from Turkish social media users and officials, who characterized the post as inappropriate and incompatible with good neighborly relations.

The Hellenic Air Force deleted the post within minutes of the criticism and subsequently published a condolence letter from Lieutenant General Dimosthenis Grigoriadis addressed to Turkish Air Force Commander General Ziya Cemal Kadioglu.