A five-layered dispute between two NATO allies over Aegean territorial waters, airspace, the continental shelf, island militarization, and flight-information authority, frozen since 1995 and flaring again in 2026.
Cyprus is an EU member partitioned since 1974, with Turkey occupying its north, gas fields in its waters disputed, and UN reunification talks at a 2026 deadline.
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A pro-federation TRNC win and Guterres calling 2026 'a critical year' open a window; the two leaders converge on technical points but split on a '5+1' conference and new crossings
A 14-article bill would let Erdogan declare a 200-mile EEZ and deny islands a full continental shelf; Athens calls it illegal under UNCLOS as Dendias warns against 'revisionism'