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Turkey Halts Cable Project Amid Rising Tensions with Greece

8/8/2025

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Turkey has suspended its undersea cable project, East to Med Corridor, sending a clear message to Greece amid escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Turkish Navy confronted the research vessel Fugro Gauss for operating unlawfully in contested waters, highlighting Turkey's opposition to the Greece-Cyprus electrical interconnection and its desire to assert control over regional infrastructure.

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Turkey has suspended its undersea cable project, East to Med Corridor, sending a clear message to Greece amid escalating tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Turkish Navy confronted the research vessel Fugro Gauss for operating unlawfully in contested waters, highlighting Turkey's opposition to the Greece-Cyprus electrical interconnection and its desire to assert control over regional infrastructure.