Turkısh Foreıgn Polıcy II (ENG) — Ünite 2 Soru-Cevap
Turkısh Foreıgn Polıcy II (ENG) (ULI352U) soru-cevapları.
Which articles of the Lausanne Peace Treaty concerns the status of the Aegean islands?
Articles 12, 15, and 16 specifically concern the status of the islands.
Which islands were ceded by Italy to Greece with the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty?
Dodecanese ıslands were ceded by Italy to Greece with the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty.
What does the basic principle 'no state can transfer more rights than it has' suggest for the status of the Kardak rocks?
Italy cannot cede Greece more islands than it originally acquired from Turkey in 1923. Therefore, this basic pirnciple suggests that 1947 Paris Peace Treaty presumably did not have any effect on the legal status of the Kardak Rocks.
What does the national airspace of a country comprise?
The national airspace of a country comprises the land, sea territories (both international waters and territorial seas), and the outer limit of the territorial sea constitutes the border of the airspace.
What does the aviation term FIR stand for?
It stands for Flight Information Region, a term related to aviation security.
On which islands no naval base and no fortification will be established according to Article 13 of the Lausanne Peace Treaty?
These islands are Mytilene/ Lesvos (Midilli), Chios (Sakız), Samos (Sisam), and Ikaria (İkarya)
What does grey-zone stand for the disputes between Greece and Turkey?
Grey-zone refers to the disputed formations such as the status of some islands, remilitarization of islands close to Turkey, and the breadth of the sea and air territories.
According to Turkey, what is the breadth of the Turkish territorial seas in the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea?
The breadth of the Turkish territorial seas is 6 nm in the Aegean Sea and 12 nm in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
When Greece decides to extend its territorial seas up to 12 nm, what does it mean for Turkey?
If Greece acts upon a unilateral decision to extend its territorial seas to 12 nm, it constitutes a cause of war for Turkey.
What does the term continental shelf comprise according to the 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf?
Accordingly, the continental shelf is “the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent” to the coasts of the continental mainland and islands.
What does the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) concept suggest for coastal states?
EEZ concept provides coastal states with extensive rights over an area that extends up to 200 nm. It covers not only the body of water but also the waters superjacent to the seabed, the seabed itself, and its subsoil. The exclusive rights of coastal states include exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing living and non-living natural resources, as well as carrying out other economic activities such as the production of energy from water, current, and wind.
What do the Turkish Straits legally consist of?
The Turkish Straits legally consists of the Straits of İstanbul (Bosporus), Çanakkale (Dardanelles), and the Marmara Sea.
What is the status of passage for foreign warships from the Turkish Straits according to the Montreux Convention?
Foreign warships may enjoy free passage under certain conditions in times of peace. However, in times of war when Turkey is also a belligerent and even in times when it considers itself threatened with imminent danger of war, Turkey is entitled to prevent enemy use of the Straits.
What legal legislation currently governs the legal regime of the Turkish Straits currently?
The 1936 Montreux Convention governs the legal regime of the Turkish Straits currently.
What is the most disputed and discussed freshwater issue in the foreign Turkish policy?
The Euphrates-Tigris freshwater issue is one of the most important international water disputes of Turkey.
What does the Absolute Sovereignty Doctrine- or the Harmon Doctrine- suggest for the status of freshwater issues between states?
Accordingly, the upstream states would not have any obligation whatsoever towards the downstream states.
What are the three water basins of Turkey that play a vital role in international relations?
These three water basins arethe Orontes (Asi), Maritsa (Meriç), and the Euphrates-Tigris (Fırat-Dicle) basins.
What is the doctrine that reconciles the extremist positions of the upstream and downstream states and brings forward the principles of equitable utilization and no-significant harm?
It is the Restricted Sovereignty Doctrine which reconciles the extremist positions of the Absolute Sovereignty Doctrine and the Absolute Integrity Doctrine.