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Turkey to start Mediterranean gas exploration ‘soon’
A reconstituted sultanate’s gotta do what a reconstituted sultanate’s gotta do — ya can’t sultan without a serious income stream, and it doesn’t matter where you steal it.
[IsraelTimes] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
will start exploring for gas in the eastern Mediterranean this year, President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
vows, after signing a maritime deal with Libya.

"We will start search and drilling activities as soon as possible in 2020 after issuing licences for the areas," Erdogan says during a two-hour speech in the capital.

Ankara angered neighboring countries in the Mediterranean with an agreement signed with the Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
government in November, which claimed extensive areas of the sea for Turkey.

Greece says the deal fails to take into account the island of Crete, while Turkey has already upset Cyprus by sending ships to search for oil and gas off the divided island.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-01-18
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