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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
Turkey disputes Greece can claim 12 miles off the coast of its islands, which the sea treaty permits, implying only the mainland has this right, otherwise it would give Greece dominant control of the Aegean. [114] Turkey has made a claim for the economic zone by splitting the Aegean Sea in the middle. [123]
Turkey TMT: Cyprus Greece: Victory. Turkish overall control of 36.2% of Cyprus; Fahri Korutürk: Bülent Ecevit: Kurdish-Turkish Conflict (1978–) Turkish operations during the conflict Turkey: KCK YDG-H HBDH TAK: Ongoing. Truce 2012–2014, renewed fight in 2015; Fahri Korutürk. Kenan Evren. Turgut Özal. Süleyman Demirel. Ahmet Necdet ...
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.
Turkey learned that Greece was starting to drill for oil in the Aegean Sea in the vicinity of Thasos, a Greek territory. In response, the Turkish survey ship Piri Reis (and later the RV MTA Sismik 1 ) was sent to the area with an escort of Turkish warships.
More than 400 migrants reached Greece's Aegean Sea islands in boats from Turkey in less than two days, Greek authorities said Thursday, including 51 people who made landfall on the high-end resort ...
After U.S. forces shot down a Turkish drone in northern Syria on Thursday, Turkey confirmed the incident but assigned no blame, indicating it may want to contain any tensions with its NATO ally ...
Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara's intentions have ...