Τάσος Ιωσηφίδης

Of course Türkiye has rights to claim maritime areas in the Aegean. But the real question is: which areas exactly can Türkiye legally claim? The answer is simple: only areas outside Greek territorial waters and only where there is an overlapping claim to continental shelf or EEZ. Even under the most extreme hypothetical scenario, where a court gave the Greek islands no continental shelf or EEZ effect beyond their territorial sea, the area to be divided between the Greek and Turkish mainland coasts would still be limited to the three blue areas east of the yellow mainland-to-mainland median line. That is the maximum theoretical claim, not the likely judicial result.