Aegean crisis
In the contemporary (as of 2004) diplomatic and geopolitical contest, the Aegean Crisis is a term coined by Greek governments roughly from the beginning of the Cyprus dispute in the 1970s up to the present day and referring to a series of, for the most part, unresolved, highly controversial and delicate diplomatic issues with the state of Turkey regarding matters such as:
- The presence or less of grey zones in the Aegean Sea.
- Sovereignty problems over many islands of the Aegean Sea.
- Airspace violations and unauthorized Naval exercises.
Note: The Greek side claims 10 miles of air space and categorizes flights over this space as violations. The Turkish side claims that the flights are over international air space and rejects the notion of violations.
- Diplomatic status of the island of Cyprus and all the connected problems.Note: Although Cyprus is not located in the Aegean Sea, the Greek side claims that the quantity and nature of the geostrategical operations Turkey conducts in the Aegean Sea are usually chronologically correlated and concurrent with developments and actions regarding the Cyprus dispute, such as the Annan Plan for Cyprus etc. The Turkish side claims that these two problems are not connected.
See also
- Imia crisis
- Cyprus dispute
External links
- Article related to the Imia crisis.
- Greek Embassy news about Airspace Violations #1.
- Greek Embassy news about Airspace Violations #2.
- Article at F-16.net about "Turkish provocation over the Aegean sea".
- Turkish army denial of the violations