The Sultan of Turan wakes up again – Tension returns between Greece and Turkey

Turkey to conduct military exercises in Aegean. Turkey issued new navigational telexes (NAVTEX) on Thursday reserving parts of the northern and eastern Aegean for military exercises next week. One of the maritime safety messages issued by the office’s Izmir station reserves an area east of Mount Athos in the Halkidiki peninsula next week. The area is a part of the northern Aegean that is entirely under Greece’s jurisdiction, Another set, issued by the Antalya station, seeks to reserve an area between the Greek islands of Rhodes and Kastellorizo for gunnery exercises and search and rescue exercises. The new NAVTEX advisories come during…