Yavuz

France further intensified its strong military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean on Wednesday, in an effort to send a clear message of military might to all those who provoke Cyprus regarding its sovereign rights in the region. The flagship of...

The United Sates expressed its “deep concern” over Turkey’s drilling operations off Cyprus, including plans to dispatch the drill ship Yavuz south of the island, a State Department spokesman said on Tuesday. “This provocative step raises tensions in the region....

High-ranking officials of the United Kingdom condemned on Tuesday Turkey's new provocative actions around and inside the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus. Asked to comment on the Turkish activity around the island by the state-run Cyprus News...

Cyprus called Turkey a ”pirate state” on Sunday after Ankara announced that the Turkish research vessel ”Yavuz” will soon conduct a new series of hydrocarbon research and drillings south of the island. The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of Turkey...

Cypriot and Greek media reported on Tuesday that the Turkish vessel ''Yavuz,'' which is violating Cyprus' block 7 of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), has faced severe technical problems over the past several days. The reports suggest that while the...

The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday afternoon, responding to recent Turkish threats that its drilling vessels will conduct further operations inside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. ''Turkey's intention to conduct new drilling...

Cyprus on Friday said Turkey’s action in sending a drill ship to the southwest coast of the island and within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was a “severe escalation”. The Yavuz drill ship, escorted by two Turkish frigates, has stopped...

The U.S. State Department urged Tukey to remove the drilling ship Yavuz from Cyprus' territorial waters, calling Ankara's activities "unlawful," the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reports. The United States considers the activities of the Turkish drillship Yavuz off the coast of...

According to reports published on Tuesday by Turkey's Daily Sabah newspaper and many Cypriot media outlets, the Turkish drillship ''Yavuz'' has begun operations off the coast of Cyprus' peninsula of Karpasia in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The reports also suggest that...

Turkey on Wednesday rejected official statements from Greece and the European Union that Turkish drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus was illegitimate, adding that the EU could not be an impartial mediator on the Cyprus problem, Reuters reports. The...