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Turkey sends off new drill ship into eastern Mediterranean
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ISTANBUL, 11 August 2022, (TON): Turkey’s president inaugurated the country’s newest and largest undersea hydrocarbon drill ship Tuesday that he said “would head for a spot northwest of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, which is not claimed by any other country.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said “our exploration and drilling in the Mediterranean is within our own sovereign dominion.”
Turkey is embroiled in acrimonious disputes with Greece and Cyprus over maritime boundaries and offshore energy rights, which triggered high tensions in the eastern Mediterranean two years ago.
Erdogan said Tuesday the new Abdulhamid Han ship would begin drilling at the Yorukler-1 well about 55 kilometers off the coast of Gazipasa, in Antalya province.
He said “neither the puppets nor the ones who hold their strings will be able to prevent us from getting our rights in the Mediterranean.”
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