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Cyprus: 1st undersea drilling results in 2 months

NICOSIA, Cyprus

Cyprus insisted Tuesday it will press ahead with its search for undersea oil and gas despite Turkey's protests, saying that results from the first exploratory drilling would come in over two months.

Deputy government spokesman Christos Christofides said Cyprus will keep looking for mineral deposits with "seriousness, determination, confidentiality and calm," despite Turkish warnings.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financia ... SAU6G0.htm

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http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditi ... 6Y20110920

ANALYSIS-Turkey's tough foreign policy talk may backfire

"It is clear that the U.S. and the EU will come firmly behind Cyprus, despite Turkey's muscular approach."

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http://af.reuters.com/article/commoditiesNews/idAFL5E7KK36Y20110920

ANALYSIS-Turkey's tough foreign policy talk may backfire

"It is clear that the U.S. and the EU will come firmly behind Cyprus, despite Turkey's muscular approach."

EU reprimands Turkey over threats to drilling offshore Cyprus

http://www.ogj.com/articles/2011/09/eu- ... yprus.html

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20
By Eric Watkins

The European Union urged Turkey to refrain from continuing to make threats in a dispute with the Republic of Cyprus over offshore oil and gas exploratory drilling in the East Mediterranean basin.

"We urge Turkey to refrain from any kind of threat or sources of friction or action which could negatively affect the good neighborly relations and the peaceful settlement of border disputes," said a spokeswoman for Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief.

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For the time being, Anakra has limited its response to Noble’s drilling to declaring it will arrange an agreement with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to explore the waters off the island’s northern end for natural resources and to threatening to have warships escort the exploration vessels. This is a tepid response when one considers the harsh words Erdogan has been using in previous days, but it is a realistic one. While Cyprus cannot defend itself against the Turkish navy, using military force against Noble’s oil rig would bring an unwelcome confrontation with America.

Part 1:

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/21/showdown-in-cyprus/

Part 2:

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/21/show ... -cyprus/2/

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declaring it will arrange an agreement with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

So in other words its arranging an agreement with itself.

Along with the other paranoid schizophrenic outbursts, the Anatolians are suffering from a bout of multiple personality disorder aswell.

[Kikapu]

This is becoming all too comical. I am really surprised at Turkey's actions. If Turkey wants to do a exploration for Oil & Gas in the northern part of Cyprus, illegally I may add, just do it. She has been illegal in Cyprus for the last 37 years, so why stop now, but why all the melodrama about war ships escorting exploration ships. Who really cares about Turkey exploring for Oil & Gas in the northern shores of Cyprus, because all they will be doing is, wasting good money, because;

a) there's nothing there to find, and

b) if there are any finds, Turkey cannot bring it up herself and no oil company in the world is going to help Turkey bring up any Gas & Oil illegally if it lies in Cyprus's territorial waters. All Turkey will be doing in fact, is to spend money for exploration without being able to benefit from it. In the end, Cyprus would benefit from it eventually, so Cyprus says, "thank you Turkey".

Turkey and the "trnc" role playing as sovereign countries do in the real world has become very tedious to watch and read. It has surpassed all the rubbish soap operas on Turkish TV where so called actor's acting is dreadful to watch that hurts the eyes and the terrible so called scripts and dialogs that's painful to the ears. Surely Turkey can be a better country than what they are displaying. If this the best Turkey has to offer to the world and for herself, then I'm afraid Turkey will become the biggest turkey of all times in the world.

Turkey, Turkish Cyprus sign deal on undersea borders

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said on Monday that Turkish navy ships might escort Turkish exploration ships if necessary, raising the possibility of a naval confrontation in the Eastern Mediterranean.

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-257537- ... rders.html

Turkish warships head towards Cyprus in oil exploration dispute

Turkish warships have set out for the Mediterranean at a time when Turkey and Greek Cyprus are deadlocked over possible deposits of oil and natural gas off the coast of the island.

Three warships set sail from İstanbul through the Dardanelles, heading for the Aegean, the Cihan news agency reported on Wednesday. The warships’ activity was interpreted as a sign that Turkey is ready to live up to its pledge and prepare for its own drilling in the company of warships in the debated waters around Cyprus.


http://www.todayszaman.com/news-257526- ... spute.html

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[Capt J Sparrow]

It is getting rather tiresome!

In the space of a few weeks, these sissies have gone from escorting aid ships to Gaza with Erdogan riding shotgun, blowing up Noble drilling rigs, sinking Israeli and Greek Navy ships, to just drilling off Cyprus north coast!

What happened to all the no nonsense tough guy talk?

Oh well, at the end of the day, I guess they have proven to lack the mettle and shown themselves to be just a bunch of sissy gypsy cowards that are more suited to playing Battleships on their nintendos!

[boulio]

by signing a agreement with the "trnc"turkey has just advertently committed Itself that a island has continental shelf and EEZ.THANKS TURKEY SO the Aegean islands have EEZ AND Continental SHELFS.

[supporttheunderdog]

I do so object to the use of the word Greek as used in press reports in relation to Cyprus: there is the wholly Independent Republic of Cyprus, which has never been a part of the modern Greek Republic, and which is the Internationally recognised and thus dejure Government of the whole Island , of which 37% is(illegally) occupied by Turkey.

[kurupetos]

A new era has begun. Long time ago.