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#Aegean

#Greece applied the 3-mile criterion from the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne to 1936.
Greece, which has been applying the six-mile criterion since 1936, has long opposed the expansion of its territorial seas and defended the "principle of freedom of the seas" until the 1970s!

#Greece even vigorously defended these opinions at the 1st and 2nd Law of the Sea Conferences.After 1970 she began to openly reveal her true expansionist intentions.
At the last naval conference she made a great effort to ensure that 12 NM was not a maximum but a fixed principle.

However, she did not succeed. Article 3 of UNCLOS titled "Territorial Waters" states that "Each State has the right to determine the breadth of its territorial waters from the baselines determined in accordance with this Convention to a limit not exceeding 12 NM".
#Greece

The UN Security Council, in its Resolution 395, adopted on August 25, 1976, called on Türkiye and #Greece to do everything they could to reduce tensions in the #Aegean and asked them to continue direct negotiations on their differences.

The International Court of Justice in its ruling on 11 Sept. 1976, determined the Aegean continental shelf beyond the territorial waters of the two littoral states as"areas in dispute"with respect to which both Türkiye and #Greece claim rights of exploration and exploitation

Türkiye and #Greece signed the 1976 Bern Agreement.

Under the terms of this Agreement, the two governments have, inter alia, assumed the obligation to refrain from any initiative or act concerning the #Aegean continental shelf.

This specific obligation was observed by both countries over several years and thus it was possible to avert the dispute concerning the Aegean continental shelf from escalating into tensions and confrontations.

However Greece, who terminated the negotiating process with Turkey in 1981, started seismic and related activities and planned drilling operations in the disputed areas of the Aegean continental shelf in 1981.

These activities which were open violations of the Bern Agreement have formed the main cause of the March 1987crisis between TR and GR.This crisis over drilling beyond territorial waters,was in fact the culmination of unilateral actions perpetrated by Greece as regards the Aegean

This crisis over drilling beyond territorial waters, was in fact the culmination of unilateral actions perpetrated by Greece as regards the Aegean. The crisis was averted and the "Davos Process", leading to meetings between Foreign Ministers and Prime Ministers was initiated.

The process however yielded no tangible results on the major issues, due mainly to #Greek insistence that the Agenda of the negotiations could contain no reference to the Aegean issues.

The term Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) emerged after 1982.

BTW,while #Greece was unwilling to solve any problems related to the Aegean, it did not comply with any of the international agreements it signed, such as the"Bern Agreement".

With the maps she published, she tries to show Türkiye as if it was not a part of the Aegean until 1970

So, #Greece was strongly opposed to the expansion of its territorial seas until 1970.
In addition,the Map of Seville was prepared in 2003 according to the maximalist claims of the Greeks!
If you look at the map, you will see how fair the EEZ areas of other countries are.Justice!

But the same justice wasn't applied against Türkiye!
The #greeks, who say"this map is nonsense"every time we show the Seville Map, which is not accepted by the EU, once again showed how unreliable they are by showing the borders of the map in question on the maps they published.

Türkiye has always been the party that seeks solutions and is patient in the Aegean.

The minimalist and legal "Istanbul Map" prepared within the scope of equity and fair distribution, is the clearest example of this. #Greece

Turkish-Greek Conflicts in the Aegean Sea.

-Territorial waters
-continental shelf
-FIR line-Airspace
-EGAAYDAK (152 Islands and Rocks)
-Armament of the Islands

The #Greek regime has declared that it will not recognize the decisions of the ICJ and the Arbitrator on these issues.