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The strategy of the ‘Blue Homeland’
Since 1973, Turkey has been systematically building a list of “Greek-Turkish disputes.”
The issue of delimiting the continental shelf was first raised in November of that year.
- Angelos Syrigos
- ekathimerini
In 1974 we had the threat of war if Greece extended its territorial waters and the questioning of the limits of the Athens Flight Information Region.
In 1975, Ankara raised the difference between 10 miles of airspace and 6 miles of territorial waters.
In 1978, they discovered the limits of search and rescue zones in the Aegean.
And in 1996, they started challenging Greek sovereignty over various Aegean islands.
The “Blue Homeland” (Mavi…