ISTANBUL (AFP) - Turkey's big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a 'Blue Homeland' that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL - Turkey's big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a"Blue Homeland" that takes over waters claimed by European Union neighbours.
But the new find has done little to abate Turkey's desire to expand ever deeper into the Mediterranean Sea, which has won Erdogan political points at home but infuriated Greece and drawn repeated warnings from the European Union. His vision covers more than 460,000 square kilometres of Turkey's maritime borders, including the water surrounding some Greek islands, and has grown in prominence in parallel with rising Turkish nationalism.
"The delimitation of exclusive economic zones in the Aegean and east Med is a matter that most governments of the region have deliberately neglected," said Dr Muzaffer Senel, an associate professor at Istanbul's Sehir University.Mavi Vatan is"a bargaining chip for Ankara," he said."By serving this map, Ankara declares its position in the negotiations.
Last year Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Italy and the Palestinian territories agreed to create the"East Mediterranean Gas Forum" without Turkey.
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