DefenceTalkDefenceTalkTurkey’s big push into the Mediterranean featuring controversial gas drilling, tough rhetoric and warships is rooted in a grand vision of a “Blue Homeland” that takes over waters claimed by EU neighbours. Fearful of being denied a fair share of the region’s bountiful natural gas wealth, Turkey sent a research vessel and a small navy […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkeys-bid-to-become-maritime-powerhouse-unsettles-mediterranean-76197/