Erdogan: Turkey will continue oil exploration in disputed eastern Mediterranean - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Turkey's Oruc Reis seismic research vessel — Turkey's Oruc Reis seismic research vessel, which searches for hydrocarbon, oil, natural gas and coal reserves at sea, is seen docked at Haydarpasa port on Aug. 23, 2019, in Istanbul. — OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images

Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu holds a joint press conference with the German Foreign Affairs minister following their meeting at the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara on August 25, 2020. - The German Foreign minister warned on August 25 that Turkey's standoff with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean was at a "very critical" juncture but stressed that both sides appeared ready to talk. A crisis has been brewing in the eastern Mediterranean, where Turkey is at odds with Greece and the Eur

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Journalists walk next to the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to search for oil and gas off Cyprus, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, on June 20, 2019. - Turkey is set to send a new ship on June 20 to search for oil and gas off Cyprus, in a move expected to escalate tensions after the EU called on Ankara to stop its "illegal drilling activities". The region near the divided island is believed have rich natural gas deposits, triggering a race between Turkey and the internationally recognised Cyprus,

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