Turkish drill ship gets to work on Turkey’s continental shelf

The new Turkish drilling rig "Abdul Hamid Khan" is "getting to work" today on the edge of the Gulf of Antalya, inside the Turkish continental shelf and specifically in the Yorukler-1 field, .

This is one of the moderate scenarios that Athens was considering, "disappointing" those who believed that Turkey would aim at the "heart" of its contrived "Blue Homeland" doctrine that violates Law of the Sea provisions.

Some, of course, are still wary, given Turkey's aggressive rhetoric in recent days.

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Specifically, yesterday Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the deployment of the floating drilling rig in an area 29 nautical miles (about 55 kilometers) from Gazipasa.

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The initiator and theoretician of the "Blue Homeland" Cihat Yaycı, directly hammered on the decision of Erdoğan for "Abdul Hamid Han" to drill inside the Turkish continental shelf.

"Our fears have come true! Drilling rig Abdul Hamid Han's first duty station is the Yörükler-1 well, 55 kilometers offshore Gazipasa. That is, within the map of Seville, which traps us in the Gulf of Antalya… We don't know what to say" was the first comment posted on the official account of the "Turkish Center for Maritime and Global Strategy", a think tank headed by Yaycı.

Yavyci had recently proposed the isolation and blockade of Mytilini, Samos and Kastelorizo in order to put pressure on Greece for the demilitarization of the Aegean islands, although he has not directly positioned himself on the developments, despite all that he publicly commented on in his posts " Turkish Center for Maritime and Global Strategy", perfectly represent his positions and thoughts.

All the fuss and the ships...