Erdogan's new move – will strengthen Muslim control in the Mediterranean

Erdogan secured Libyan approval for a maritime delimitation agreement creating a corridor between Turkish and Libyan coasts, ignoring Greek islands. The article defines this as an illegal takeover and warns of harm to the Israeli-Greek arms deal worth 10 billion shekels.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured approval from Libya's House of Representatives for a new maritime boundary delimitation agreement, creating a maritime corridor between Turkish and Libyan coasts. The agreement grants each country exclusive rights to explore, drill, and extract natural resources, primarily oil and natural gas, in the defined areas. The article defines this as 'an illegal takeover of international parts of the Mediterranean.' The planned corridor passes through the territory of large Greek islands, such as Crete and Rhodes, and ignores their existence. European sources believe Erdogan is trying to trap Greece and Cyprus and prevent them from having open access to each other. In the Israeli context, the corridor blocks maritime access between Israel and Greece, jeopardizing a security deal worth 10 billion shekels recently signed between the countries. The European Union and the Greek Foreign Ministry condemned the agreement as a violation of international law. In response, a spokesman for the Turkish ruling party welcomed the moves and dismissed the criticism.