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The Turkish government has been waging a “war of nerves” in Athens for the past few hours. Oruc Reis get closer to your archipelago Kastelorizo, having laid cables and accompanied by five Turkish warships and two auxiliaries, the Ataman and the Cengiz Han.
Oruc Reis’s first approach to the Megisti archipelago took place on Sunday afternoon, when the Turkish research ship approached Strongyli Island less than 12 nautical miles away.
Why is the movement of the Turkish fleet within 12 nautical miles off the coast of the Greek islands of the eastern Mediterranean important? Because, with this move, Erdogan showed that he is questioning the right of Greece to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles from the coasts of the islands.
The second message from Ankara at the international level is that the Greek continental shelf extends 6 nautical miles from Kastelorizo and that Greece cannot exploit its maritime and underwater wealth beyond its territorial sea of 6 nautical miles.
On Monday afternoon, the Oruc Reis reached the limit of the research area, as described in Navtex, at the 28th meridian. From that point the demarcated Greek EEZ begins, based on the August 6 agreement with Egypt .
And although Ankara did not exceed the limit that has been set according to the Navtex coordinates issued by the Antalya station on October 11, by moving the investigation to the limit of the 28th meridian, it showed that it is claiming the entire maritime area for the 28th meridian as part of the supposed Turkish “blue homeland”.
This morning, the Turkish fleet with the Oruc Reis it moved back into the 12 nautical mile zone of Kastelorizo. On the 12-mile Megisti line, the Oruc Reis, with cables stretched for about 5 miles, began to turn counterclockwise. At the end of this turn, the Oruc Reis had reached about nine miles from Kastelorizo and is now about 15-20 nautical miles from the Megisti complex sailing southwest.
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