ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to clarify major maritime disputes between Greece and Turkey which have developed within the last three decades. The maritime rights in dispute are related to various maritime concepts, namely the territorial waters, the continental shelf and Aegean EEZ areas. The disputes which the two countries have so far failed to settle could in fact have been settled through various means and on the basis of various considerations. Settlement on the basis of international law has a growing prospect. A broad set of rules and principles has been developed to regulate the matter, as has been sufficiently examined. There is a sufficient legal framework to settle the Aegean maritime disputes on the basis of international law. International law provides first of all for a maximum limit of 12 miles up to which coastal States may declare territorial sea. All these observations address a particular point in the Turkish stance as to the settlement of the Aegean maritime disputes.
