Her own maps for the Sea parks Issued today (2.8.2025) the Turkeyin response to the Greek maritime parks announced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis a few weeks ago.
Turkey’s Maritime Law Center issued, according to SKAI correspondent, to Constantinople Manolis Kostidis, the Turkish map for marine parks. The map shows that the Aegean Sea Park extends outside the territorial waters of Turkey west of Imbros and Tenedos, between Samothrace and Lemnos.
In the eastern Mediterranean the marine park excludes Kastelorizo, as it begins northeast of Rhodes and reaches off the coast of Antalya.
With today’s maps, Turkey is culminating in tension as it carries out its threats by creating its own sea parks almost a month and a half after Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the creation of two new national marine parks, one in the Ionian and one in the Aegean.
Turkey has strongly reacted to the decision on Greece’s maritime parks, noting that it is an Greek side’s attempt to disturb the status quo.
Indeed, the Turkish Foreign Minister in a statement then said that “in the coming days Turkey will announce its plans to protect the environment in its maritime areas.”