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Greece, Turkey and the Illusion of Maximalism
This is not the right moment for Greece to advance maximalist territorial claims against Turkey, particularly in the Aegean, and especially after the strategic shock produced by the Syrian outcome. Regional power balances are shifting rapidly, and old assumptions about automatic Western alignment are no longer valid.
Greece’s current posture is based on two fragile illusions. The first is that international law alone can compensate for hard power asymmetries. The second is that alliances, especially with Israel, the European Union, and the United States will translate into unconditional strategic backing in a direct confrontation with Turkey.
Recent events in Syria demonstrate the limits of this thinking. Turkey has once again proven that it is a decisive regional actor capable of imposing facts on the ground, while even well-armed non-state or proxy forces supported by Western powers were ultimately abandoned when they ceased to serve larger geopolitical priorities. Allies, as history constantly shows, are reliable only as long as interests fully coincide.
Israel, often perceived in Athens as a strategic counterweight to Ankara, will not jeopardize its own security architecture for Greek maritime disputes. If forced to choose between regional stability and symbolic solidarity, Israel will prioritize relations with Turkey over abstract legal principles in the Aegean.
The same applies to the United States. If Washington reaches a broader strategic accommodation with Moscow over Europe, the Arctic, or even Greenland, Turkey becomes structurally indispensable as NATO’s southern pillar, controlling access to the Black Sea, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Middle East. In such a scenario, Europe will not confront Turkey, it will need Turkey.
Maximalist Greek claims therefore carry a dangerous paradox: the more confident Athens becomes in external guarantees, the more isolated it risks being in a real crisis.
A war between Greece and Turkey would not produce winners. It would destabilize NATO’s southeastern flank, fragment Europe’s security architecture, and open space for Russian and Chinese influence. No major power has a strategic interest in such an outcome, except those who benefit from European division.
The rational alternative is not escalation, but de-escalation through symmetry. A mutual agreement limiting territorial waters to three nautical miles for both countries would reflect geopolitical reality rather than legal idealism. It would acknowledge the unique geography of the Aegean, where maximalist interpretations of maritime law mechanically generate conflict.
In an era of declining Western coherence and rising regional powers, small and medium states cannot afford strategic fantasies. Greece does not need symbolic victories. It needs stability, economic integration, and security within a rapidly transforming Eurasian system in which Turkey is not a temporary anomaly, but a permanent structural actor.
Maximalism today is not strength. It is strategic nostalgia.

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@onderseren Benim dedem de onlardan biriydi. Tifo salgını oluyor. Elimizde ölmesinler diye salıveriyorlar. Aylar sonra evine ulaşabiliyor. Dezenfekte kuyuları yüzünden kör olmuştu. 13 yıl askerlik yapmış 2 yıl esaret. Mekanları cennet eminim.
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Güneş her gün daha mütekâmil bir dünyaya doğmaz. Tarih ezelden ebede dümdüz uzanan doğrusal bir hat değil, devirli bir oluşumdur. Gün olur, en gerideki en öndekinden ileride olur. Aristarkus, Kopernik’e “zıpçıktı astrolog” diyen devrimci Martin Luter’den daha ilericidir. Ahmet Yesevi, Kadızade Mehmet’in çok ötesinde. Siz istihkâmlarınızı güçlendirin, zor zamanları fırsata çevirin. Benim yaşıma geldiğinizde, benim hiç olamadığım kadar hakîm, fehîm, müstakîm, emîn, mekîn ve metîn olun.
Aziz ülkemize gelince, ille de bir şeye benzetecekseniz, her budağından sürgün atan salkım saçak bir böğürtlen çalısına benzeteceksiniz Türkiye’yi. Bir sürgünü çiçeğe dururken, diğerinin kurumakta, ötekinin meyve vermekte olduğunu görün. Tek bir sürgüne takılıp kalmayın, bütüne bakmayı adet edinin. Unutmayın ki düz akılla anlaşılmaz, pergele, cetvele gelmez, kendisine has bir kimliği vardır, Türkiye’nin. Batmaz. Batarsa, okyanuslar taşar. Mademki son temsilcileriyiz Gezegen’in iyiliği için yaşatılması elzem bir medeniyetin, bizi durduracak tek “gerçek”, soğuyan Güneş’in dünyamızı yarı yolda bırakması ihtimali olmalı.
ALEV ALATLI
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Uzay madenciliği konusu hız kazanıyor: space.com/moon-mining-ga… . Amerika'sı, Çini, Rus'u anlamam. Kapı gibi tapum ve madenler üzerinde hakkım var. Sonra tatsızlık çıkmasın, karşılıklı çirkinleşmeyelim. Amerikan başkanı dahil herkese söyleyin.


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