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Daily Sabah (22 April 2025)

by Cenk Kaan Adasoy

Greece's violations of maritime agreements, unrealistic claims and military buildup risk escalating tensions with Türkiye, fueling a geopolitical crisis

In the Byzantine labyrinth of Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, Greece, the self-anointed guardian of international law and its most flamboyant violator, pirouettes across the stage. With the finesse of a seasoned illusionist, Athens weaves a dazzling tapestry of maritime myths, military theatrics and nationalist nostalgia – a choreography of provocation spun as piety. Nowhere is this double game more brazen than in Greece’s perennial threat to unilaterally extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles – a move that Türkiye has long, and rightly, regarded as casus belli.

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