Greece Turkey Oil Dispute Map Earthquake Now Hesperia

There is a dispute over turkeys maritime boundaries with greece and cyprus and drilling rights in the eastern mediterranean.

Turkey map to europe world earthquake prone regions. Now greece and cyprus are calling on the european union eu to help. A dispute over the right to exploit territorial waters in the mediterranean has turned nasty after turkey rebuffed german led efforts aimed at rebuilding trust. Greece is located at the complex boundary zone in the eastern mediterranean between the african plate and the eurasian platethe northern part of greece lies on the eurasian plate while the southern part lies on the aegean sea platethe aegean sea plate is moving southwestward with respect to the eurasian plate at about 30 mmyr while the african plate is subducting.

Dust ups between greece and turkey are nothing new. The bakutbilisiceyhan btc pipeline is a 1768 kilometres 1099 mi long crude oil pipeline from the azerichiraggunashli oil field in the caspian sea to the mediterranean seait connects baku the capital of azerbaijan and ceyhan a port on the south eastern mediterranean coast of turkey via tbilisi the capital of georgiait is the second longest oil pipeline in the former. Stay on top of greece latest developments on the ground with al jazeeras fact based news exclusive video footage photos and updated maps.

Greeces prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis has welcomed a decision by france to dispatch war frigates to the eastern mediterranean as a standoff with turkey over regional energy reserves. The two countries came to the brink of war in 1996 over disputed aegean islets and continue to spar over them. Thessaloniki greece ap after weeks of tensions in the eastern mediterranean greece and turkey have signaled a willingness to start talks aimed at resolving a long standing sea dispute tied.