ABSTRACT
The Aegean dispute between Greece and Turkey includes several complex issues: delineation of the continental shelf, control of the sea, the vital airspace between the Greek and Turkish mainlands, and military jurisdiction. This chapter focuses on the last two issues and how they have affected the difficult problem of NATO's inability to conduct military exercises in the Aegean. The Greek government has stated that the 1980 agreement, which brought Greece back into the NATO military structure, promised to restore all rights to which the Greeks had been entitled prior to their withdrawal. The chapter also discusses the fallout of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus to reverse a coup attempt against the Greek Orthodox church leader and Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios. The Greek government quickly condemned the formation of a sovereign Turkish state on Cyprus, declaring that the Turkish government bore full responsibility for the action of the Turkish Cypriot leadership.
