Turkey’s bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean

Turkey’s big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a “Blue Homeland” that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours.Fearful of being denied a fair share of the region’s bountiful natural gas wealth, Turkey sent a research vessel and a small navy armada into seas Greece views as its own, dramatically escalating tensions last week.In a sign of the growing importance he assigns energy independence, President…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3098477/turkeys-bid-become-maritime-powerhouse-unsettles