06.05.2017 : 17:01
Alexis Papachelas
The concept of gray zones (the claim that the sovereignty of a number of islands and islets in the Aegean is undetermined) was a novel idea that Turkey came up with 20 years ago.
At some point, Ankara reached the point of including the Greek island of Gavdos in its gray zones list.
Whenever Athens made an official request regarding the islands or rocky outcrops that Turkey had on its list, the answer was always very vague: “Anything that is not clearly included the bilateral agreements that set out Greece’s borders with other countries.”
At first, many people thought this was a bargaining chip that Ankara would trade as part of a grand bargain. They were wrong.
Alexis Papachelas
The concept of gray zones (the claim that the sovereignty of a number of islands and islets in the Aegean is undetermined) was a novel idea that Turkey came up with 20 years ago.
At some point, Ankara reached the point of including the Greek island of Gavdos in its gray zones list.
Whenever Athens made an official request regarding the islands or rocky outcrops that Turkey had on its list, the answer was always very vague: “Anything that is not clearly included the bilateral agreements that set out Greece’s borders with other countries.”
At first, many people thought this was a bargaining chip that Ankara would trade as part of a grand bargain. They were wrong.
