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This provision could therefore be applied in places where sea straits are created between the territorial waters of Greece and Turkey in the eastern Aegean. For example, on the islands of Chios, Lesvos, Samos, Kos, Simi and Rhodes, a transit passage could be created.

You are not right, this also applies to warships. Here is a quote from the Wikipedia article: "The ships and aircraft of all nations, including warships, auxiliaries, and military aircraft, enjoy the right of unimpeded transit passage in such straits and their approaches. Submarines are free to...

There is the possibility of safe passage in the territorial waters of Greece according to the Law of the Sea. I do not think that the display of a flag by the ships passing through the territorial waters is a sign of aggression. I am clearly talking about territorial waters, not an Exclusive...

This is the paradox that exists right now! The territorial waters of the Greek Aegean islands should be extended to 12 nautical miles. Turkey can do the same on the coasts of Asia Minor.

Let the experts examine whether the Aegean is a riparian area. Theoretically, say that the Aegean is a riverside area. According to this logic, we must leave the international waters of the Aegean free and manageable equally in Greece and Turkey. This is a topic for discussion, but not to talk...

The Exclusive Economic Zone is also a right of the islands, the following image undoubtedly confirms it. For example, among these are the Pacific Islands, the US islands in Alaska and the islands in the China Sea. That is, it is like telling me that Japan does not have an Exclusive Economic...

The extension of territorial waters is a right of each state according to the Law of the Sea. There are no exceptions to this. In order for Greece to increase its territorial waters in the Aegean, it will have to give inhabited and uninhabited islands to Turkey; This is immediate offensive...

In order for there to be an Exclusive Economic Zone, Greece must do something, unfortunately it has not done so. The declaration of 12 nautical miles (territorial waters) is something completely different from the Exclusive Economic Zone. I have posted a diagram from Wikipedia. It does not...

There is no aggressive expansion on the part of Greece. The extension of territorial waters from 6 to 12 nautical miles is a right that all states of the world have. I can not understand why you insist on a mentality that does not make sense. The Blue Homeland that just exists? All the islands...

What I see is that everywhere you see enemies where they do not exist.

When you say that we should wait for what will happen what do you mean? Do you claim that we should give some islands to Turkey so that it does not protest? This is never going to happen. Greece's territorial and maritime integrity is very specific, it cannot be changed according to Turkey's...

Of course, I have no problem. The term used in UNCLOS III is "Archipelagic waters" and says, among other things: The convention sets the definition of "Archipelagic States" in Part IV, which also defines how the state can draw its territorial borders. A baseline is drawn between the outermost...

But this is the morphology of Greece. What should we do now? Can we give you any island to make you happy? Is it possible to put the whole discussion under such a framework?

So as you put it you are not completely wrong but this is the morphology of the area. We can not change that. Greece has such a large area due to the complex of islands in the Aegean. To change this we must give you some of our maritime and territorial integrity. Is it possible to enter the...

That's what you say! The Law of the Sea is clear, if you are pirated (as with Oruc Reis for example) and do not want to vote for the Law of the Sea is your problem. Greece must extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles as the whole planet has done! Just because you are threatened with...

You take the conversation geologically while I place the conversation based on the Law of the Sea. There is no doubt that Samos, like other islands, is a geological extension of Asia Minor, but this argument contradicts the Law of the Sea itself.

It is not these Greek positions but the positions of Greece that derive from the Law of the Sea that he has voted. Something that Turkey has not done, so it is good to vote for the Law of the Sea first and then to say arbitrarily that these are Greek positions.

It is not a matter of aggression to extend the territorial waters of Greece from 6 to 12 nautical miles but a right of the country. In the Ionian Sea, Greece extended them to 12 nautical miles and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu came out and applauded this attitude of Greece. Why should Greece be able to...

If an island (for example Chios, Rhodes) is part of a wider complex of islands then automatically the complex of these islands is considered part of the mainland. If Rhodes or Chios did not have a cluster of inhabited islands around them and were very close to the coasts of Asia Minor then...

I brought it as an example to see that it is not possible for so many involved countries to find a solution in a complex of islands and not to be found between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean? It is a fact that China and other countries involved do not approve of the decision. But a rudimentary...