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ANKARA
\n\"Ankara<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye is preparing legislation to formally define its maritime jurisdiction areas, with the draft bill reportedly authorizing President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan<\/a> to declare \u201cbodies of water with special status.\u201d<\/p>\n

Introduced during a news conference hosted by Ankara University\u2019s National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM), the bill aims to establish legal definitions for maritime borders, jurisdiction zones and activities carried out within those areas.<\/p>\n

\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Erhan, acting chair of the presidency\u2019s Board of Security and Foreign Policies, said the proposal stemmed from efforts to safeguard T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s rights and interests under international law.<\/p>\n

DEHUKAM head Mustafa Ba\u015fkara said the legislation would support T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s \u201cBlue Homeland<\/a>\u201d doctrine<\/a> in the Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean and around Turkish Cyprus, as well as areas linked to Ankara\u2019s maritime agreement with Libya.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, the Blue Homeland is wherever a ship flying the Turkish flag reaches,\u201d Ba\u015fkara said.<\/p>\n

The doctrine was developed by former Turkish naval officers and refers to T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s claims over maritime jurisdiction zones, continental shelf rights and exclusive economic interests in surrounding seas.<\/p>\n

It has long been regarded as a central pillar of the nation\u2019s security strategy and geopolitical outlook, and at the center of disputes with Greece over the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

DEHUKAM board member Y\u00fccel Acer said T\u00fcrkiye lacked a comprehensive domestic legal framework governing maritime jurisdiction areas despite being surrounded by seas. He said the proposed law would codify Ankara\u2019s existing legal arguments rather than create new claims.<\/p>\n

Acer also said the bill would not conflict with the 1936 Montreux Convention, which regulates passage through the Turkish straits, adding that it would reinforce T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s position that the Bosporus, the Dardanelles and the Marmara Sea fall under Turkish sovereignty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANKARA T\u00fcrkiye is preparing legislation to formally define its maritime jurisdiction areas, with the draft bill reportedly authorizing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16467],"tags":[40549,40550,7098],"class_list":{"0":"post-70048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recep-tayyip-erdogan","8":"tag-blue-homeland","9":"tag-doctrine","10":"tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116569555915198245","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}