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Satellite image of the Aegean Sea Map of the Aegean Sea 6 nautical miles (nmi): Current territorial waters recognized by Greece and Turkey, and airspace as recognized by Turkey 10 nmi: Current national airspace claimed by Greece 12 nmi: Extent of territorial waters and national airspace defined as a legal right by UNCLOS, to which Turkey is not a signatory
The ships ensured Greece kept its naval superiority in the Aegean against Turkey, which was threatening to reclaim the islands it had lost during the Balkan Wars. The sale of the ships was arranged by the Wilson Administration, including then Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, with Congressional authorization.
The Corinth Canal (Greek: Διώρυγα της Κορίνθου, romanized: Dioryga tis Korinthou) is an artificial canal in Greece that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and "separates" the Peloponnese peninsula from the rest of the Greek mainland.
Firefighters were racing to tackle wildfires that broke out on the eastern Aegean islands of Chios and Kos Monday, as Greece’s prime minister warned of a dangerous summer ahead and said the ...
An image of Dodecanese and Anatolian coasts. Imia is on the northernmost edge of the photo. Click to the photo to enlarge. While several other aspects of sovereignty rights in the Aegean, such as the territorial waters and national airspace, had been disputed between the two countries for decades, conflicts over the possession of island territory were unknown until the end of 1995.
This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving ancient Greek city states and kingdoms, Magna Graecia, other Greek colonies (First Greek colonisation, Second Greek colonisation, Greeks in pre-Roman Crimea, Greeks in pre-Roman Gaul, Greeks in Egypt, Greeks in Syria, Greeks in Malta), Greek Kingdoms of Hellenistic period, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Greco ...
Biden decries Hamas attacks on Israel: ‘This is terrorism’ Israel launches diaspora bond push to raise money amidst war with Hamas. 19:24, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. Israel launched a diaspora bond ...
Greece and Turkey, as well as Romania and Yugoslavia, sign the Balkan Pact, a mutual defence treaty. [208] 1938: 27 April: Greece and Turkey sign the Additional Treaty to the Treaty of Friendship, Neutrality, Conciliation and Arbitration of 30 October 1930, and the Pact of Cordial Friendship of 14 September 1933. [209] 1941: 6 October