ollowing its launching ceremony in the Dilovası district of Kocaeli province on June 20, Turkey’s second drilling ship Yavuz set off to theEasternMediterranean, near the other Turkish-flagged drilling ship Fatih.
he collapse of the Soviet Union and the early years of the new Russian Federation were marked by the country leaving regions it was traditionally present.
ountries that share maritime borders have to make agreements on the limits of their authorities to ensure that they can operate independently in naval spaces such as Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and continental shelves.
The discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in theEasternMediterranean during the last couple of years has reshuffled regional balances and rendered the region one of the critical centers for the world’s leading oil and gas companies.
The Egyptian government has initiated the establishment of theEasternMediterranean Gas Forum, which held its first meeting in Cairo on 13 January, 2019.
s Turkey’s economy grows and its external energy demand increases, the country does not want to be dependent on a couple of suppliers, and seeks to form policies on alternative resources and suppliers.
resident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Egypt on February 14 and his bilateral meetings with his counterpart Abdel Fattah Sisi can be seen as a result of the normalization talks that started in 2021 and as a clear statement of a concrete will to reestablish partnerships between the two countries in many fields.
elations between Turkey and Egypt have been particularly strained in the aftermath of the 2013 military coup against then president Mohamed Morsi, with tensions manifesting themselves in multiple areas.
n a new development, Turkey has agreed to provide combat drones and other cutting-edge technologies to Egypt, marking a pivotal moment in the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two nations.
evelopments in the Aegean Sea and theEasternMediterranean, which surround Turkey's 4,000-kilometer coastline and over which Turkey has sovereign rights, are of great importance to Turkey.
eijing was instrumental in the resumption of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, hosting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
s the Republic of Turkey leaves a century behind, it is impossible to fit the past, present, and future of relations between Turkey and Russia into this 100-year timeline.
he Cypriot government is calling on the European Union to reevaluate the safety of parts of Syria for the potential repatriation of refugees, as theMediterranean island nation grapples with a record number of Syrian arrivals.