Özet:

In 2011, with the agreement between the Southern Cyprus Rum Administration (GKRY) and Israel, with the officiality of gas search activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, the region began to experience inter-national energy struggle. The side of this struggle is not only the Eastern Mediterranean coastal countries but also the non-regional countries such as the United States, the EU, Russia. This article aims to assess the dispute/conflict that gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean hydrocarbon search activities create on a regional and global scale and their impact on the geopolitics of the region. This research is important in order to reveal the value of the Eastern Mediterranean in the current struggle for energy resources in the global and regional countries. In the study, geographical limitations were taken into account and the Eastern Mediterranean pool was identified as a research area. In addition, the hydrocarbon energy sources in the pool and the country’s energy sources have been involved in the work of regional policies. A comprehensive literature scan was made, the current data and scientific publications, the reports of the international energy agencies were taken. The study has given the geographical location of the Eastern Mediterranean and the value derived from this location in a conceptual framework. From a political geography and energy geography perspective, the strategic and geopolitical importance of the region has been emphasized. Greece and GKRY violate the sovereignty rights of Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, causing a conflict in the region. Disputes and dissolutions between the parties lead to deepening problems and increased tensions in terms of both the regional countries and other countries entering the competition of interest in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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