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PM Yıldırım urges Greece to avoid tensions in the Aegean

by Daily Sabah

ISTANBUL Apr 16, 2018 - 12:00 am GMT+3
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by Daily Sabah Apr 16, 2018 12:00 am

A Greek flag planted on an islet off Turkey's Didim coast in the Aegean has been removed, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said Monday, as he urged Greece to avoid escalating tensions.

Speaking at a panel in Istanbul, Yıldırım said that Greece has recently been violating islets in the Aegean and attempted to plant a flag on one of them off Didim.

"Our coast guard squads carried out the necessary intervention and removed the flag" the prime minister said.

Yıldırım advised Greece to avoid provocation and tensions under the framework of neighborly relations.

"We especially expect them to think that we will not give up the sovereignty rights of our country," Yıldırım said, adding that Turkey is ready to give the necessary response to such actions.

The dispute between Turkey and Greece over the uninhabited Kardak islets, situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey, brought the two countries to the brink of armed conflict in 1996.

The crisis was triggered when a Turkish vessel shipwrecked on the islets on Dec. 25, 1995. Greece claimed that the accident took place on its territorial waters, which Turkey denied, claiming that the islets belonged to Turkey.

The Greek military sent a soldier to plant the Greek flag on an islet in the east, resulting in the deployment of troops from both countries around the islets.

Turkey's only female Prime Minister Tansu Çiller said at the time that Turkey was ready for a military operation and sent troops to the western islet to plant the Turkish flag.

The control of territorial waters in the Aegean Sea remains as a problematic issue between the two countries. Citing bilateral and international treaties, Turkey says both countries have six-nautical-mile-wide territorial waters and airspace around their respective mainland and islands.

In contrast, citing international law, Greece wants to increase its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles, which would leave practically the whole Aegean Sea under Greek control. Through a parliamentary motion in 1995, Turkey declared unilateral action by arguing that, if Greece were to extend the boundary to 12 nautical miles it would be considered a casus belli.

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