New Turkey maritime draft bill fuels EastMed tensions with Greece, Cyprus
The bill sets 12-nautical-mile limits in the Black and Mediterranean seas and requires Turkish approval for activities in areas Ankara claims.
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Cypriot MEP urges EU action over Turkey’s ‘Blue Homeland’ plans
Cypriot MEP Loukas Fourlas called on Wednesday for the European Union to abandon what he described as a policy of equidistance towards Turkey, after Ankara confirmed work on draft legislation linked to the ‘Blue Homeland’ (Mavi Vatan) maritime doctrine. In letters addressed to European Council president, Antonio Costa, European Commission…
New Turkey maritime draft bill fuels EastMed tensions with Greece, Cyprus
Turkey’s draft maritime bill seeks to formalize Ankara’s claims in the Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean and Black seas, raising tensions with Greece and Cyprus over contested maritime boundaries and offshore energy rights.
Turkey Drafts Maritime Jurisdiction Bill Covering Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea
Turkey is preparing a draft law that would consolidate Ankara’s maritime jurisdiction claims in the Aegean Sea, the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea into domestic legislation, while maintaining the country’s territorial waters in the Aegean at six nautical miles. The proposal was presented Tuesday at a news conference organized by Ankara University’s National Center for Sea and Maritime Law, known as DEHUKAM. Officials described the draft…
Turkey details draft maritime law to codify claims in Aegean, eastern Mediterranean - Turkish Minute
A Turkish maritime law center and officials linked to presidential advisory bodies on Tuesday detailed a bill that would write Ankara’s claims in the Aegean, the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea into domestic legislation while keeping territorial waters in the Aegean at six nautical miles and giving the president power to declare special-status maritime zones.
Turkey insists on the “Blue Homeland” with a bill that it is promoting to secure maritime jurisdictions in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. It will have no force, it does not produce any legal effect in terms of International Law and the Law of the Sea, the government spokesman says. Ankara is attempting to give a legal framework to its claims for the “Blue Homeland”, with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) promoting a bill to s…
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