Tense Autumn Expected for Greece and Turkey Over Maritime Disputes

Tense Autumn Looms for Greece and Turkey as Maritime Disputes Resurface

Greece is bracing for a difficult autumn in relations with Turkey as a row over newly declared Turkish marine parks coincides with two flashpoints: a planned restart of the Greece‑Cyprus electricity cable project in September and a Turkish parliamentary push in October on maritime jurisdiction laws. The dispute over the marine parks has revived long‑standing disagreements over the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. Ankara says the parks fit within its maritime spatial planning and “Blue Ho...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA