Turkey has long rejected Greek claims to its continental shelf on the basis of tiny islets which lie close to the Turkish mainland and hundreds of miles from mainland Greece
Turkey issued a NAVTEX on Tuesday as part of its seismic research into potential hydrocarbon exploration deposits within the Eastern Mediterranean.
It can also serve as a warning to other vessels to steer clear of an area due to the sensitivity of the work being carried out and a signal of a country's sovereign exploration rights. The Greek claim, which Turkish authorities consider ‘maximalist’, is based on remote rocks and small islands which do not grant exploration rights under international law.
The island is located in the area where there are lots of islets that are disputed between Turkey and Greece and is part of the Rhodes regional unit. Meis island was one such example of a remote and geographically tiny land mass being used to declare an ostensible maritime frontier.
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