Greek Military Intelligence and the Crescent Estimating the Turkish Threat - Crises, Leadership and Strategic Analyses 1974-1996 - Dimitrakis, Panagiotis (University of Plymouth Press (an imprint of National Book Network), 2013)
During the 1987 Greek-Turkish crisis, Greek military intelligence provided essential information on Turkey's limited military preparations, so helping to prevent an escalation to confrontation. In the 1996 crisis, Greek military intelligence failed to provide tactical information and details of the Turkish intent to deploy troops on one Greek islet. This failure allowed the Turks to turn the tables on the Greeks