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Turkish research reappears in the Mediterranean Oruc Reis, according to the Turkish media.
The Turkish research vessel will be accompanied by support vessels ATAMAN and CENGİZHAN, according to new Navtexfrom Turkey to seafarers.
In fact, the new Navtex arrives very close on the southern coast of Kastelorizo.
Oruc Reis will carry out seismic studies from October 12 at 6:00 UTC until October 22, hour 20: 59UTC south of Kastelorizo.
H new Navtex since Oruc Reis refers to the maritime zone south of Kastelorizo and Rhodes and east of Karpathos and Crete, enclosed by the points:
TURNHOS N / W: 1262/20 (Antalya NAVTEX Station) (Post Date: 10-11-2020 23:33)
TURNHOS N / W: 1262/20
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
1. SEISMIC SURVEY, BY R / V ORUÇREİS, ATAMAN AND CENGİZHAN FROM 20 OCTOBER 120600Z UNTIL 20 OCTOBER 222059Z IN THE AREA DELIMITED BY;
35 34.82 N – 028 00.13 E
35 34.83 N – 028 28.78 E
35 36.77 N – 028 28.77 E
35 59.87 N – 029 22.85 E
35 59.87 N – 029 34.20 E
35 59.92 N – 029 59.75 E
35 42.52 N – 030 04.35 E
34 49.53 N – 028 00.07 E
35 09.32 N – 028 00.05 E
MOORING OF 6 NM IS REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 222059Z OCTOBER 20.
The area occupied by Turkey is as follows:
It is noted that Oruc Reis retired to Antalya on September 13, and the Turkish Foreign Minister spoke of “temporary withdrawal” and referred to “maintenance work”.
As the Turkish newspaper had written Yeni safak, the research vessel “collected the cables and approached the Port».
The last Navtex aired on August 31 and covered the period from September 2 to 12.
This decision was interpreted as a de-escalation move by Turkey, in order to restart exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey, and was achieved after intense diplomatic initiatives by Berlin and Washington. In fact, it was a key act that prevented the imposition sanctions from the EU to Turkey at the last Union Summit.
However, just twenty-four hours after Oruc Reis returned to Antalya in mid-September, Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu clarified that the ship had been recalled for routine maintenance.
Mr. Tsavousoglou, in an interview with the Turkish television channel CNN Turk, had said that, according to the Energy Ministry, the maintenance of the ship would take “a few weeks”. “Once the maintenance is completed, we will continue our activities with determination,” he added.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the Oruc Reis was still outside the port of Antalya, moored on the track with the engine off.
