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Oh shit, here we go again.
Turkiye does not have any maritime jurisdiction conflicts with Egypt, Israel, Libya, Lebanon and Syria. Turkiye's dispute is related to Greece regime's maximalist approach.
While their paid trolls here cry as UNCLOS 1982, what they are actually advocating is a unilateral imposition, completely contrary to the spirit of the treaty to which they are a party. It imposes the maximum limits specified in the treaty for the high seas as a minimum demand.
In Article 121 of the 1982 UNCLOS, although islands have the right to the Continental Shelf-Exclusive Economic Zone in the islands regime, the principle of "land dominates the sea" is essential in the principle of equitable sharing. Another island in front of the mainland cannot block the Turkiye-Libya COAST projection and usurp its rights.
Trying to exclude TR from the Eastern Mediterranean by accepting the Crete, Kerpe, Rhodes and Meis line as the relevant shore is a preposterous policy example.
The Greek regime's claiming rights based on the principle of distance to a line by taking the center lines as a basis and assuming these islands as "MAINLAND" has no equivalent in international maritime law.
The coastal characteristics of each country are different. Ignoring Turkiyey's inland waters and baselines, ignoring Turkiye's exclusive sovereignty, ignoring the legal regime, ignoring sovereign maritime jurisdiction areas, ignoring Turkiye's gulfs by showing territorial waters from the bottom of the coast.
When Turkiye's inland waters and territorial waters area are determined according to straight baselines as follows, the island of Meis is naturally part of Turkish territorial waters. The realities of the Law of the Seas cannot be bypassed by Greece's exaggerated, noisy and maximalist demands.
The Greek regime is preparing the ground to turn a struggle against our national economic and legitimate interests into a diplomatic crisis. While Greece demands CW/EEZ on Meis Island, it has signed a contrary agreement with Italy in the Ionian Sea jurisdiction limitation agreement, as if refuting its own theses.
The Greek side accepted coordinates that gave limited influence to Greek islands such as Diapontian (70%) and Strofades (32%), which are located immediately above Corfu.
While this approach, which gives limited influence to islands in the delimitation of maritime jurisdictions, should set a precedent for delimitation agreements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, the spoiled Greek regime has a different approach regarding the island of Kastellorizo.
Imposing on Albania and Turkiye the concessions that it could not impose on Italy is a clear proof of the maximalism of the Greek regime.
After the Greek parliament passed a bill to increase the territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 miles, the issue came up again in Albania and the current agreement was rejected by the Albanian Constitutional Court. Albania thus started the Hague process. The Court pointed out that the agreement does not comply with the principle of "equity" required by UNCLOS in the determination of maritime jurisdiction, and that the principle of "equity" can be applied not only in the delimitation of the continental shelf and EEZ, but also in the division of territorial waters of countries whose coasts are adjacent or opposite, and recalled Article 15 of the convention. Accordingly, under the concept of "special circumstances", situations such as the length and shape of the coast, the presence and nature of islands or rock masses were referred to. Taking into account the aforementioned concept of "special circumstances" and the principle of "equity", the court explained that the Albanian side considered that the delimitation of the demarcation line between Albania and Greece should take into account the characteristics of both countries and, in particular, the presence of islands or rock masses in the maritime zones subject to delimitation.
In a nutshell, The maximalist policy of the Greek regime is in conflict not only with Turkiye but also with other riparian countries Libya and Albania. In fact, it is also in conflict with Italy, but it had to backtrack on that agreement because it could not afford it. However, this step back continues to be harshly criticized by the opposition in Greek politics.
Turkiye has the longest coastline in the Eastern Mediterranean with 2300 km. It is unacceptable for the Greek-Cyprus Greek duo to make agreements based on the midline line by violating the principle of "equity" and the rights of Turkiye and the Turkish Cypriots in the determination of maritime jurisdiction areas. The maximalist demands of the Greek regime, which itself erodes the principle of equitable delimitation, which is the basic rule in the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction, cannot be ignored, and the maritime jurisdiction claims it raises are contrary to international law and have no equivalent in international law. Greece demands continental shelf and exclusive economic zone rights for all small and large islands, and by using the tiny 10 km2 Meis Island, it tries to squeeze Turkiye, a landlocked country with a coast of 2280 km to the Mediterranean Sea, into its territorial waters and seize Turkiye's rights. This is the most maximalist policy in the world with no precedent in the world.
It is evident from the relevant judicial and arbitral decisions that in any delimitation process, there is a list of equitable principles from which one can select the principles that are appropriate to the situation.The principle that stands out from the decisions is the principle of "supremacy of geography". The concept of geography refers to the geography of the mainland in the area subject to delimitation between 2 countries.
The most important geographical element is the length of the mainland coast. This principle has been recognized by the ICJ: "there can be no question of reshaping geography" in the North Sea Cases decision.
Again: In 1982 UNCLOS Article 121, although islands have Continental Shelf-Exclusive Economic Zone rights in the islands regime, the principle of "land dominates the sea" is essential in the principle of equitable sharing. Another island in front of the mainland cannot block the Turkiye-Libya COAST projection and usurp its rights.
You are not even aware of the content of the agreements you defend. Turcophobic, and authoritarian-dictator, erdogan etc. you keep writing shit using a few keywords. Improve yourself. Stupidity is not a fate but a choice. Get rid of stupidity.
Turkiye does not have any maritime jurisdiction conflicts with Egypt, Israel, Libya, Lebanon and Syria. Turkiye's dispute is related to Greece regime's maximalist approach.
While their paid trolls here cry as UNCLOS 1982, what they are actually advocating is a unilateral imposition, completely contrary to the spirit of the treaty to which they are a party. It imposes the maximum limits specified in the treaty for the high seas as a minimum demand.
In Article 121 of the 1982 UNCLOS, although islands have the right to the Continental Shelf-Exclusive Economic Zone in the islands regime, the principle of "land dominates the sea" is essential in the principle of equitable sharing. Another island in front of the mainland cannot block the Turkiye-Libya COAST projection and usurp its rights.
Trying to exclude TR from the Eastern Mediterranean by accepting the Crete, Kerpe, Rhodes and Meis line as the relevant shore is a preposterous policy example.
The Greek regime's claiming rights based on the principle of distance to a line by taking the center lines as a basis and assuming these islands as "MAINLAND" has no equivalent in international maritime law.
The coastal characteristics of each country are different. Ignoring Turkiyey's inland waters and baselines, ignoring Turkiye's exclusive sovereignty, ignoring the legal regime, ignoring sovereign maritime jurisdiction areas, ignoring Turkiye's gulfs by showing territorial waters from the bottom of the coast.
When Turkiye's inland waters and territorial waters area are determined according to straight baselines as follows, the island of Meis is naturally part of Turkish territorial waters. The realities of the Law of the Seas cannot be bypassed by Greece's exaggerated, noisy and maximalist demands.
The Greek regime is preparing the ground to turn a struggle against our national economic and legitimate interests into a diplomatic crisis. While Greece demands CW/EEZ on Meis Island, it has signed a contrary agreement with Italy in the Ionian Sea jurisdiction limitation agreement, as if refuting its own theses.
The Greek side accepted coordinates that gave limited influence to Greek islands such as Diapontian (70%) and Strofades (32%), which are located immediately above Corfu.
While this approach, which gives limited influence to islands in the delimitation of maritime jurisdictions, should set a precedent for delimitation agreements in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, the spoiled Greek regime has a different approach regarding the island of Kastellorizo.
Imposing on Albania and Turkiye the concessions that it could not impose on Italy is a clear proof of the maximalism of the Greek regime.
After the Greek parliament passed a bill to increase the territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 miles, the issue came up again in Albania and the current agreement was rejected by the Albanian Constitutional Court. Albania thus started the Hague process. The Court pointed out that the agreement does not comply with the principle of "equity" required by UNCLOS in the determination of maritime jurisdiction, and that the principle of "equity" can be applied not only in the delimitation of the continental shelf and EEZ, but also in the division of territorial waters of countries whose coasts are adjacent or opposite, and recalled Article 15 of the convention. Accordingly, under the concept of "special circumstances", situations such as the length and shape of the coast, the presence and nature of islands or rock masses were referred to. Taking into account the aforementioned concept of "special circumstances" and the principle of "equity", the court explained that the Albanian side considered that the delimitation of the demarcation line between Albania and Greece should take into account the characteristics of both countries and, in particular, the presence of islands or rock masses in the maritime zones subject to delimitation.
In a nutshell, The maximalist policy of the Greek regime is in conflict not only with Turkiye but also with other riparian countries Libya and Albania. In fact, it is also in conflict with Italy, but it had to backtrack on that agreement because it could not afford it. However, this step back continues to be harshly criticized by the opposition in Greek politics.
Turkiye has the longest coastline in the Eastern Mediterranean with 2300 km. It is unacceptable for the Greek-Cyprus Greek duo to make agreements based on the midline line by violating the principle of "equity" and the rights of Turkiye and the Turkish Cypriots in the determination of maritime jurisdiction areas. The maximalist demands of the Greek regime, which itself erodes the principle of equitable delimitation, which is the basic rule in the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction, cannot be ignored, and the maritime jurisdiction claims it raises are contrary to international law and have no equivalent in international law. Greece demands continental shelf and exclusive economic zone rights for all small and large islands, and by using the tiny 10 km2 Meis Island, it tries to squeeze Turkiye, a landlocked country with a coast of 2280 km to the Mediterranean Sea, into its territorial waters and seize Turkiye's rights. This is the most maximalist policy in the world with no precedent in the world.
It is evident from the relevant judicial and arbitral decisions that in any delimitation process, there is a list of equitable principles from which one can select the principles that are appropriate to the situation.The principle that stands out from the decisions is the principle of "supremacy of geography". The concept of geography refers to the geography of the mainland in the area subject to delimitation between 2 countries.
The most important geographical element is the length of the mainland coast. This principle has been recognized by the ICJ: "there can be no question of reshaping geography" in the North Sea Cases decision.
Again: In 1982 UNCLOS Article 121, although islands have Continental Shelf-Exclusive Economic Zone rights in the islands regime, the principle of "land dominates the sea" is essential in the principle of equitable sharing. Another island in front of the mainland cannot block the Turkiye-Libya COAST projection and usurp its rights.
You are not even aware of the content of the agreements you defend. Turcophobic, and authoritarian-dictator, erdogan etc. you keep writing shit using a few keywords. Improve yourself. Stupidity is not a fate but a choice. Get rid of stupidity.
