Turkey fuels regional tension

Turkey continues to follow an aggressive strategy towards other nations in the Eastern Mediterranean.

On the heels of a Turkish Foreign Ministry report presenting Turkey's maritime claims in the Mediterranean with detailed maps, an article at state Anadolu news agency says Turkey must expands its "geopolitical line of defense," adding that "the power that dominates in the Mediterranean dominates in three continents (Africa, Asia, Europe)".

On Tuesday, Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that "whichever plan excludes Turkey is impossible," adding that Turkey will c0ontinue to back the UN-recognized Libyan government with which Turkey signed a memorandum delineating common maritime borders.

"The agreement with Libya does not contain anything that should upset third parties," Kalin said.

"When, Israel, Egypt, Greece...