Özet:

The world’s increasing need for energy and dependence, which has kept its historical importance for centuries, has now begun to draw the Eastern Mediterranean back to the center of its diplomacy. The hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean have led coastal states to claim the right to search and use these reserves and to conclude bilateral agreements to put these claimed rights on the legal ground. However, a number of tensions arise in the region because the right to take advantage of these reserves both ignored the existence of the Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic and the bilateral agreement between Turkey and the Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic. Having regard to the legal status of the Cyprus island, it is important that the economic values obtained from the reserves are not presented to the common interest of the island people as well as that the powers of Turkey arising from the agreement with the Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic are exhausted. In this study, the authority areas claimed by the parties in the Eastern Mediterranean and the sharing of the output obtained from these areas will be sought to sit on a ground for international law. This is why first the authority areas in the Eastern Mediterranean will be distinguished in accordance with the International Maritime Law and then the position of the Cyprus island and Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Southern Cyprus Rum Administration’s behavior as the island’s only spokesman and representative will be discussed as a violation of international law and the possible ways to resolve it.

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