Greek Cypriot administration

The recent internal agreement between Baghdad and Arbil should set an example for sharing potential energy resources off Cyprus, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, vowing that Turkey will never abandon the rights of Turkish Cypriots in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Ankara and Athens are of the same mind about the importance of Cypriot negotiations' continuing, Turkish and Greek top diplomats say, though they maintain their opposing views for a solution of the ongoing gas dispute.

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has proposed a yet-to-be-founded private company continues oil and gas drilling activities in the Mediterranean until a resolution can be found for the decades-long Cyprus issue.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has stated that he has proposed the engagement of a to-be-founded private company in drilling activity until a resolution is found to the decades-long Cyprus issue.

Both states on the island of Cyprus have equal rights to all natural resources, the energy minister for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus said on Nov. 21.

Hakan Dinçyürek, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, insisted that his government would not give up rights to natural resources on and around the island.

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç urged Greek Cypriot authorities to "turn back from the wrong way" and return to the negotiation table, as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus celebrated its 31st anniversary on Nov. 15.

Greece may resort to legal action against Turkey for allegedly violating the international sea law, Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Nov. 12.

Turkey’s naval commander has revealed that he has been ordered to implement new rules of engagement in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu told reporters at the sidelines of the Blue Whale naval exercise on Sunday that the country’s navy has been given new instructions in case it faces “a situation” over hydrocarbons exploration in the area.

Turkey has summoned Greece’s ambassador to Ankara to the Foreign Ministry to express the government’s reaction over the Greek Cypriot administration’s decision to halt the reunification talks