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Turkey despatched its new hydrocarbons drilling ship to the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday however President Tayyip Erdogan stated it will function 55 kilometres (34.18 miles) off Turkey’s coast, in an space outdoors waters additionally claimed by Cyprus.
Talking on the launch ceremony within the southern province of Mersin, Erdogan stated the realm of operation was inside Turkey’s sovereign territory and that there was “no want for permission from anybody” for it to drill there.
(Reuters – Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen, Enhancing by Louise Heavens)