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The Grand Turk
Erdogan warns foreign companies over gas drilling near Cyprus
2018-02-14
[Al Ahram] President 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...
on Tuesday warned foreign energy companies not to "overstep the mark" in the Mediterranean, after The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....
's warships blocked an Italian drilling vessel seeking to begin exploration for gas off Cyprus.
Watch out for the Ottoman Slap®!
The growing standoff between Turkey and Cyprus over exploiting energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean risks further complicating stalled efforts to reunify the island following the collapse of peace talks last year.

"Don't think that we have ignored the opportunistic attempts to search for natural gas in Cyprus waters and Aegean coast," Erdogan said in a televised speech to his party in parliament.

"We warn those overstepping the mark with miscalculations in Cyprus and the Aegean," Erdogan added.

Italia's energy giant ENI said its ship had been ordered to stop by Ottoman Turkish ships last week over "military activities in the destination area" as it was on course to start exploring in block 3 of Cyprus's exclusive economic zone.

Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Ottoman Turkish troops invaded and occupied the northern third of the island in response to a Greek military junta-sponsored coup.

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