September 2011 ~ İBG Blog

Dramatic History of Europe and the Emergence of the European Union

Brief History of the European Union

Women Rights In Turkey

In its less visible, more subtle forms, gender-based violence threatens the physical and emotional integrity of millions of women living in Turkey, and billions globally

TURKISH - CHINESE RELATIONS SINCE 1971 AND THE EAST TURKISTAN ISSUE

Turkish and Chinese people have historical relations since the periods of the Hun Empire and Göktürks. These relationships are driven, sometimes friendly and sometimes went to war in the history

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Greek Cypriots Start Oil Drilling In the Eastern Mediterranean

12:24 AM Cyprus, cyprus oil crisis, cyprus problem, drilling for oil, eastern Mediterranean, International relations, oil, Political Science, POLITICS, Turkey

The Greek Cypriot administration is reported to have started drilling for oil in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Israeli media say that the Israeli partnered American company Noble has started exploration on Monday.

According to the Globes website, the company Noble has started drilling for natural gas with ten days to go before the expiry of the agreement it struck with the Greek Cypriot administration.

A Greek Cypriot news agency has said that the company employees were carried by helicopter to a platform set up in the region from Limasol.

Turkey has earlier warned that if southern Cyprus were to launch drilling activities in the region, it was going to sign a continental shelf agreement with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

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İsa Burak Gonca graduated from the Department of International Relations of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the Eastern Mediterranean University of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the Masters Program in Political Science and International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of Yeditepe University. He is now a PhD Candidate in the Field of the International Relations of the Institute of Social Sciences of the Suleyman Demirel University. He is currently doing his PhD studies on China's energy security and geoeconomic interests in Central Asia.