• Over the decades, attempts at resolving disagreements over the Aegean Sea have seen the involvement of multiple actors like the United Nations, the United States, European countries, the International Court of Justice, and NATO.
  • The Lausanne Treaty of 1923 defined the boundaries of Turkey and Greece, and several islands, islets and other major territories in the Aegean Sea beyond three miles from the Turkish coast were ceded to Greece, with the exception of three groups of islands.
  • Presently, Turkey claims a territorial sea of six nautical miles and has not exercised its claim over the 12 nautical miles from its coast in the Aegean Sea.