Turkey continues to threaten with research and drilling (maps) well inside the Greek and Cypriot EEZ

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Turkey is stepping up its provocations in the eastern Mediterranean again, openly threatening to drill and search in areas where Greece and Cyprus have rights.

Maps released by the Turkish Defense Ministry completely ignore the EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) agreement between Greece and Egypt, taking the Turkish continental shelf to Kasos, Rhodes, six miles from Pafos and include the area of ​​the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum.

When releasing the maps, the Turkish ministry said that “we are continuing normally with the blue homeland doctrine”.

According to the announcement, as part of the seismic data collection on behalf of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) and drilling activities, the activities of the vessels Oruc Reis in the Mediterranean and Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa in the Black Sea, as well as the Kanuni and Fatih drilling ships, and the Denar-2 ship continue accompanied by Turkish Navy and Air Force forces.

The ministry also presented a continental shelf map based on the agreement signed with the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 2011 and was communicated to the UN in 2020.

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SKAI correspondent in Turkey, Manolis Kostidis, explained that a card was notified to the UN a year and a half ago in a time of great tension with Greece, and now Ankara is putting it back on the table.

The maps and threats parallel to the investigation are a continuation of Turkey’s provocative actions. A few days ago, Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu referred to a unilateral declaration of EEZ by Turkey, as a letter was sent to the UN in which Ankara openly challenged the sovereignty of the Greek islands.

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