As Greece cut a side deal with Egypt to push its way through the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey resumed its own maritime activity in the contested waters
Turkey's navy issued an advisory on Monday: it warned that a Turkish ship would be carrying out a seismic survey in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks.suspension of drilling operations in the Mediterranean. Ankara said it was keen to resolve the maritime dispute with Greece, but that Athens did not 'reciprocate' well.
"Greece claims 40,000 km2 of maritime jurisdiction area due to this tiny island and attempts to stop the Oruc Reis and block Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean,” said Erciyes. "It is Greece, not Turkey who creates tensions in the area due to such maximalist claims," he explained.information on maritime jurisdiction areas and how they should be delimited based on the principle of equity.Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu,on Monday that Greece and Egypt are violating the rights and continental shelves of Turkey and Libya by signing a maritime deal on exclusive economic zones in the Eastern Mediterranean.
"We'll continue to show them and the world that this agreement is null and void on the table and in the field," he added. It added that the demarcated area in the agreement was located on Turkey's continental shelf, as Ankara had reported to the UN.Greece, Egypt, Israel and the Greek Cypriot Administration have previously
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