Turkey Issues New Aegean Research Notice, Re-escalating Tensions - iefimerida.gr

Turkey Issues New Aegean Research Notice, Re-escalating Tensions

Piri Reis
The Piri Reis vessel
ANTHEE CARASSAVA

Turkey has announced plans for a research vessel to conduct surveys in the central Aegean Sea, renewing tensions with Greece over disputed maritime zones just weeks after a similar, unfulfilled notice was issued.

Turkish authorities issued a NAVTEX, or navigational advisory, late Thursday saying that the Piri Reis research vessel will operate west of the Greek islands of Chios and Lesvos from Oct. 4-14. 

Parts of the designated area are over what Greece considers its continental shelf.Athens has not yet officially responded to the new advisory. 

When Turkey issued a nearly identical NAVTEX in September for the same vessel, Greece responded by announcing a military exercise in the area, and the Piri Reis ultimately did not sail.

The move comes amid a complex geopolitical backdrop in the Eastern Mediterranean, with both NATO allies asserting conflicting claims over maritime boundaries and potential energy resources.

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