Deep sea rivals: Europe, Turkey, and new Eastern Mediterranean conflict lines

Summary:

The eastern Mediterranean is becoming ever more perilous as geopolitical fault lines steadily enmesh the region. These rifts emerge from the Cyprus ‘frozen conflict’, competition for valuable gas fields, and the increasingly entangled wars in Libya and Syria.

• Primary Source

ESO Records

Tension between Turkey and other stakeholders over gas drilling in the eastern Mediterranean https://www.europeansources.info/record/tension-between-turkey-and-cyprus-over-gas-drilling-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of National Accord-State of Libya on Delimitation of the Maritime Jurisdiction Areas in the Mediterranean https://www.europeansources.info/record/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-government-of-the-republic-of-turkey-and-the-government-of-national-accord-state-of-libya-on-delimitation-of-the-maritime-jurisdiction-areas-in-the-mediterranea/

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