Polity21
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Polity21
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News and analysis on seapower, astropolitics and power politics in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Proudly Independent ✒️

⚖️ International law is clear: coastal states may claim up to 12 nautical miles of territorial waters. 🇬🇷 Greece is not asking for an exception, it is invoking a standard legal right. 🇪🇺 In the Aegean, Greek sovereignty is also part of Europe’s maritime security. 🚢 Shipping routes remain open. 🛳️ Innocent passage remains protected. 🌊 Access to the high seas is not abolished. 🏝️ Greek islands do not disappear because Ankara dislikes their legal effect. 📍 The 12 NM rule is not a Greek invention. It is the international standard. 🛡️ Stability comes from law, not from threats of war. 📌 The real question is simple: rules-based order or coercion? #Aegean #Greece #UNCLOS #InternationalLaw #MaritimeSecurity #EuropeanSecurity









We collected the flight data of a Turkish Navy P-72 maritime patrol aircraft over the past two weeks. The mission patterns themselves reveal a great deal about Ankara’s current operational focus in the Eastern Mediterranean. #Turkey #Greece #Cyprus itamilradar.com/2026/05/18/tur…



⚓️ Hazırlanması uzun yıllar süren ve adeta bir yılan hikâyesine dönen bu kanunda; kırmızı çizgimiz olan Ege Denizi ve Doğu Akdeniz’deki esas ve en kritik sorunların çözümüne, net bir şekilde yer verilmesi gerekir. ⚓️ Bugün, küresel ölçekte deniz yetki alanlarının sınırlandırılmasında en kritik kavram olan Münhasır Ekonomik Bölge (MEB) Doğu Akdeniz’de mutlaka ilan edilmeli, Ege’de ise egemenliğin temel anahtarı konumundaki EGAYDAAK meselesi, bu kanunla mutlak surette hukuki bir zemine oturtulmalıdır. ⚓️ Bunlar yok sayılamaz, geri plana itilemez.





One potential flashpoint with the upcoming Turkish maritime law will be the islet of Zürafa/Ladoxera. If the law, for example, explicitly mentions the island as annexed territory, or leads to direct or symbolic efforts to assert Turkish sovereignty, that’ll be quite provocative












