Aegean dispute
Aegean Dispute is the name for a number of disputes between Greece and Turkey over sovereignty in the Aegean Sea. These disputes started in the 1970s. Since the early 2000s, both countries are trying to resolve them. The disputes fall into different categories:
- Which island/rock belongs to what country.
- Given two islands/rocks, which belong to the different countries, where exactly is the border between them
- Where is the national airspace of each country
- Because of different treaties, military operation is not permitted on some islands/some areas
Turkey has also talked about "grey" areas about the status of certain islands/rocks.
Aegean Dispute Media
Contour map of the Aegean, with names
6 nautical miles (nmi): Current territorial waters recognized by Greece and Turkey, and airspace as recognized by Turkey
10 nmi: Current national airspace as established by Greece.
12 nmi: Extent of territorial waters and national airspace defined as a legal right by UNCLOS, to which Greece is a signatory and Turkey is not.
Conflicting claims to the continental shelf and EEZ areas in the eastern Mediterranean. Blue: areas claimed by Greece and Cyprus; red: areas claimed by Turkey. Section labelled "A-B": Claimed delimitation between Turkey and Libya as per November 2019 agreement. Section labelled "C-D": Delimitation agreed between Greece and Egypt as per August 2020 agreement.
Depiction of the irredentist and expansionist "Blue Homeland" concept created by Cihat Yaycı
Map of the proposed EastMed pipeline
Islands by date of accession to Greece
Islands by demilitarization status
