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Turkey Reveals Marine Park Plans, Escalating Dispute with Greece
Photo of Kastelorizo, a Greek island for which Turkey does not acknowledge Greek maritime waters. Credit: Chris Vlachos Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 Turkey announced on Saturday its plans to establish its own marine protection initiatives in the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, a move that follows Greece’s recent declaration of two national marine parks in the region. This development is expected to raise diplomatic tensio…
The marine park in the Aegean extends outside territorial waters, between Samothrace and Lemnos – In the Eastern Mediterranean, it begins northeast of Rhodes and reaches the Gulf of Antalya.
Turkey continues its efforts to protect its sovereign rights and wildlife in the surrounding seas. Most recently, the coast off Gökçeada in the Northern Aegean Sea and the coasts of Fethiye-Kaş and Finike in the Mediterranean Sea were declared "marine protected areas." These areas were officially incorporated into Turkey's marine spatial planning map. Greece's Unilateral Decision Reacts This development is being considered a response to the two…
A plan for marine parks in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, excluding Kastelorizo from the territorial waters of 6 nautical miles, was issued by Turkey a few days after Athens' announcements. The Foreign Ministry called it an "unacceptable, unilateral and illegal action." Turkey is further challenging Greek sovereign rights by delimiting two marine parks in the Northern Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, as the parks extend outside terri…
Turkey's response to Greece's "marine parks": Here are the new "Protected Marine Areas" Following Greece's declaration of "marine parks" in the Aegean Sea, which Turkey considers a legal violation of its territorial waters, Ankara responded by announcing new Protected Marine Areas (MPAs) in the North of the Aegean Sea and off the coast of Fethiye-Kaş. These areas, registered with UNESCO, are perceived not only as environmental measures, but also…
Greece condemns Turkey’s marine parks as ‘unacceptable, unilateral and illegal’
Greece on Saturday denounced Turkey’s decision to designate marine parks in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, calling it an “unacceptable, unilateral and illegal” move that violates international law.
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