The Abdul Hamit Khan floating drilling rig is on its way to the Yörükler-1 site, located 55 kilometers south of the Gazi Pasha region in southern Turkey, Erdogan announced today.

The Turkish President delivered a speech as part of today’s departure ceremony for the fourth Turkish floating drilling rig from the port of Tasuchu in southern Turkey, a few nautical miles from the occupied Cypriot peninsula of Karpasia.

“Our Abdul Hamit Khan drilling rig is a symbol of Turkey’s new vision for the energy sector,” Erdogan said, announcing that a fourth Turkish floating drilling rig is heading for the Yörükler 1 site, 55km south of the area. located on the coast of southern Turkey, north of Cyprus.

The reason is that the point is outside the delimited Cypriot EEZ.

“We are sending Abdul Hamid Khan to the Blue Homeland on our new drilling course in the Mediterranean. With God’s blessing, we are directing our ship “Abdul Hamit Khan” 55 km south of Gazipasa to block Yörükler-1,” said the Turkish President, who also issued warnings: “Our ship, having finished drilling in this area, will not stop and will go to other places. We’ll keep looking until we find it. The seismic exploration and drilling that we carry out are carried out in the territories under our sovereignty. We don’t need anyone’s permission or approval to do this. Neither puppets nor those holding them by the strings can prevent us from getting what we are entitled to in the Mediterranean. However, those who come across the name of Abdul-Hamit Khan in the Mediterranean may remember Etem Pasha and the Battle of Domokos. They understood it. Let them remember our national wrestling, which has just turned 100 years old. We have secured our rights by international agreements. And for those who try with so-called maps and with so-called historical rights, we let them know that this piece is big enough to be swallowed. We didn’t hesitate to fight when needed, and we won’t hesitate to do it again.”

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— Recep Tayyip Erdogan (@RTErdogan) August 9, 2022

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Acar provocative

Earlier today, shortly before the Abdul Hamid Khan sailed into the Mediterranean, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar raised his tone by looking at Kastelorizo.

“It is within reach of cadets of our military schools. They (i.e. the Greeks) misunderstand what we are saying because students are swimming there. The other day, the Greek minister said: “If they want, let them come, if they can swim,” and we said: “If God wants, one day this can also happen,” Akar said, referring to earlier statements by the Minister of Health. Nikos Panagiotopoulos.