ORUC REIS RESEARCH VESSEL

The undeclared war with Turkey cost Greece dearly. During the 100 day crisis involving Ankara's oil and gas research vessel "Oruc Reis" the Greek Navy was deployed to constantly monitor the Aegean.

Naturally Greece’s differences with Turkey are more complex than those with Albania and the path is more difficult, but here too the issue to be resolved is the delimitation of maritime boundarie

The best answer to Turkish provocations is always diplomacy. That way Athens demonstrates that it is by being the trustworthy regional interlocutor and that in contrast with Turkey it can be a basic pillar of stability.

The captain of the Greek frigate “Nikiforos Fokas” repeatedly warned the Turkish captain that the vessel was in the area of the Greek continental shelf and that it must leave