The right of innocent passage is already being used in the Aegean archipelago in the 6nm territorial waters. Ships from other countries already can move unperturbed through Greek territorial waters and through narrow passages between the islands. 
The population exchange was designed to protect the remaining Greek Christian minority in Asia Minor, who had been massacred repeatedly in the Ottoman Empire before and during WWI.
Greeks had lived in Smyrna for thousands of years. 
Under customary international law, Greece has a legal right to extend its territorial sea to 12nm in the Aegean Sea. The right for the expansion of territorial waters is an inalienable sovereign right that cannot be disputed by third countries. 
The Great Fire of Smyrna was the peak of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, and the last phase of the Greek genocide, bringing an end to the 3,000-year Greek presence on Anatolia’s Aegean shore and shifting the population ratio between Muslims and non-Muslims. 
Greece is the most earthquake-prone country in Europe, as it located at the convergence of the Eurasian plate over the African one, as well as the western termination of the North Anatolian Fault Zone. 
In the church of Hagia Sophia, the Christian religious symbols have been covered with large curtains and large disks depicting the names of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad and four caliphs. 
Hagia Sophia was the symbol of the greatness of the Byzantine Empire and the seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople; a Christian city of immense wealth & magnificent architecture, governed by Roman law, observed Christianity & adopted Greek as its primary language. 
The Parthenon is one of the most important edifices in all of history. Built in 447BC after the Greeks had successfully repulsed Persian invaders, it symbolised the blossoming of democracy, rule of law, philosophy, ethics, theatre, art & architecture in Western civilisation. 
Coastal states are entitled to claim a territorial sea, extending to a maximum of 12mi measured from the coastal baselines. This customary rule is stipulated by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. (UNCLOS) 
The Greek word Archipelago meaning "chief sea," was originally applied specifically to the Aegean Sea and its islands. Many of the Aegean islands are actually extensions of the mountains on the mainland. Later the word came to mean a large group or chain of islands. 
🔴1973: The issue of delimiting the continental shelf. The repeated Turkish attempts to violate Greece’s sovereign rights on the continental shelf have become a serious source of friction in the two countries’ bilateral relations, even bringing them close to war (1974, 1976,1987) 
την φυσική ομορφιά αλλά και την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά της.
The ancient Greeks were the first Western civilisation to have developed the art of navigation at sea, using the sun and the stars for direction around 4,000 years ago in 2,000 BC.➡️ 
1️⃣According to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Greece has the right to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles. Territorial waters are considered to be part of the country’s national territory. 
1️⃣Turkey is the only country that refers to and demands the demilitarization of the “islands in the Eastern Aegean”.
1️⃣The international legal framework which settled the issues of sovereignty in the region after the World Wars(1923 Treaty of Lausanne & 1947 Paris Peace Treaty) is conclusive and crystal clear.👇