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2019-11-12 The Grand Turk
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Turkey will not stop defending rights in Eastern Mediterranean, Foreign Ministry says
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[DAILYSABAH] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
on Monday reiterated a vow to defend its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, as a response to the Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union's plans for restrictive measures against Ankara.
"Turkey will not give up to defend its rights under international law in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the interests of the Ottoman Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus [TRNC] despite all of the inconsiderate steps of the EU," the Foreign Ministry said in a written statement.
On Monday, the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted a framework for restrictive measures against Turkey over its drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
"It is a futile expectation to hope that our country will step back from its rights on the Eastern Mediterranean by yielding to the threats," the ministry stressed.
"Nobody should doubt that Turkey will continue search and drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean," it added.
Turkey has consistently contested the Greek Cypriot administration's unilateral drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean, asserting that the Ottoman Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus also has rights to the resources in the area. The unilaterally declared that the boundaries of the Exclusive Economic Zone that the Greek Cypriot administration claims to control violates part of Turkey's continental shelf, particularly in Blocks 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The Europe
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
an Union Council adopted a framework for restrictive measures in response to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
's drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, calling them "unauthorized," the council announced on Monday."The framework will make it possible to sanction individuals or entities responsible for or involved in unauthorized drilling activities of hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean," the statement read.
Turkey, as a guarantor nation for the Ottoman Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is currently carrying out hydrocarbon exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean with two drilling vessels, Fatih and Yavuz, along with Oruc Reis and Barbaros Hayrettin Pasa seismic vessels in the same region.
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