The representative of the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, is preparing the ground for new challenges, in view of the investigations of the Turkish drilling rig Abdul Hamit in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. Ankara has announced that the investigations will begin on August 9, while the Turkish investigation already left the Tasuku port in Turkey days ago.
As SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis broadcasts from Istanbul, Kalin, speaking to the Turkish channel Haber 7, said that like Oruc Reis, “Sultan Abdul Hamit” will also conduct investigations, as – as he claimed – Turkey does these works absolutely legally, invoking permission from the Occupied Powers.
He added that Turkey does not pay attention to the claims of Greek Cypriots and Greeks that we are violating their own territories, because “there is no legal basis”.
He once again accused Greece of violating international treaties, while he also referred to the German Foreign Minister, Analena Berbock, saying that in a superficial and ignorant way she tried to present Greece’s positions to Turkey, but received a response from Mevlut Cavusoglu.
In detail, Ibrahim Kalin stated: “No one should be afraid of Abdul Hamit. And our Greek friends. I say the same about the ship and about the Sultan. Let’s make it clear that Turkey can and has the right to conduct research and drilling in its own territorial waters and in licensed areas.
There are the letters we have sent to the UN, there are the permits we have received from the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’. There are also the agreements we have made for the plots.
At another point in the interview Kalin said: “There is no legal basis for the claims of the Greek Cypriots and the Greeks that we are violating their own territories. They are upsetting the world because they are taking our ships to areas that they are trying to ‘de facto’ declare as theirs.
We don’t pay much attention to them.
Like the Oruc Reis, but also our other ships have done surveys in these areas, so the ship ‘Sultan Abdul Hamit’ will do its work, we will also work in areas where we have received permission from the TRNC for the plots, we already have the right to do such research work in our own territorial waters”.
“Greece’s positions are maximalist”
Moreover, the close associate of the Turkish president notes at another point: “The areas that are said to be contentious are related to the maximalist positions of Greece. For us, there is no region that is contentious. But Greece through the islands has maximalist positions. Due to seven islands in the area, it claims a maritime area of ​​40,000 sq. km.
To top off the provocative reports, he adds: “Greece clearly violates international law, the Lausanne and Paris Treaties. But it goes to the West and tries to accuse Turkey of doing various things. We saw it.
The foreign minister of Germany took these positions and in a superficial and ignorant way tried to repeat them in Turkey. But our foreign minister gave her the appropriate answers, good luck.”
Source: Capital
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