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FYI, there is another draft covering the same subject — Draft:The Blue Homeland DoctrinePerhaps the authors could collaborate.
MWFwiki (talk) 08:46, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
Blue Homeland is the doctrine covering the maritime jurisdiction areas (territorial waters, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone) declared by the Republic of Türkiye in the Black Sea, Mediterranean and Aegean.[1]
Background
[edit]In 1947, US President Truman introduced an understanding that defined the maritime jurisdictions of countries, called the continental shelf, for oil exploration and extraction operations in the western United States and accepted that the seas were also a part of the countries.[2] The concept of the continental shelf, formalized in 1958 by the Geneva Convention on the Law of the Sea,[3] prepared the ground for the Blue Homeland doctrine.[4]
With the note given to the UN on March 2, 2004, Türkiye claimed for the first time that it had sovereign rights in some western regions. In the note given to the UN dated 4 October 2005, it was reported that the sea areas between 32° 16 18' and 28° East longitude, north of 34° North latitude, were its own continental shelf and that it would extend to the point where the Turkish-Greek continental shelf border in the Aegean Sea reached the Mediterranean, west of 28° East longitude, and in 2006, the Turkish Naval Forces launched Operation Mediterranean Shield in the region.[5] The concept of the Blue Homeland was first put forward by Cem Gürdeniz at the symposium on the Black Sea and Maritime Security held at the Naval Forces Command on June 14, 2006.[1][6] The concept that Cihat Yaycı contributed to the development of was recorded in Cihat Yaycı's book titled Basic Maritime Law in 2010. After 2015, the Blue Homeland played an active role in Turkey's implementation of a strategy based on military power in maritime areas[6] and In 2019, for the first time in Turkish history, the Blue Homeland Drill was held simultaneously in the Black Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean.[7][8]
The agreement between Türkiye and Libya on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas is one of the concrete steps of the Blue Homeland doctrine.[4] Cihat Yaycı, one of the key figures in the agreement, resigned from his position on May 18, 2020.
On November 27, 2019, the memorandum of understanding between the government of Turkey and the government of Libya on the delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas in the Mediterranean was signed in Istanbul and was found to be in compliance with Law No. 7195 in Turkey. It was published in the Official Gazette on December 7, 2019 and entered into force in domestic law. In Libya, it was approved on December 6, 2019 and entered into force in Libyan domestic law. Thanks to this agreement, which was announced to the world by being notified to the UN, Libya and Türkiye became neighbors by sea.[5]
Important names
[edit]Cem Gürdeniz
[edit]The first person to use the concept of the Blue Homeland was Cem Gürdeniz. Cem Gürdeniz argues that the defense of the homeland should begin in the Blue Homeland, citing Atatürk's words during the Battle of Gallipoli, "I am not ordering you to fight, I am ordering you to die."[9][10]
Cihat Yaycı
[edit]He is the person who wrote the doctrine that turned the term Blue Homeland into a doctrine and ensured that it took its place in the literature through an interdisciplinary study. He also has multiple articles and books on the subject. The person who drew the current Blue Homeland map known today is Rear Admiral Cihat Yaycı.[11][12] Continuing his studies, Yaycı has a research center called Türk DEGS.
See also
[edit]- Exclusive economic zone
- Law of the sea
- Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
- Aegean dispute
Source
[edit]- ^ a b "Neden Mavi Vatan?". aydinlik.com.tr. 23 March 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019.
- ^ "The Truman Proclamation on the Continental Shelf", Customary International Law in Times of Fundamental Change: Recognizing Grotian Moments, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 107–122, 2013, doi:10.1017/CBO9781139649407.006, ISBN 978-1-107-03523-2, archived from the original on 6 December 2020, retrieved 26 November 2020
- ^ "1958 CENEVRE DENİZ HUKUKU SÖZLEŞMELERİ : KITA SAHANLIĞI SÖZLEŞMESİ". www.turkishgreek.org (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Mavi Vatan Kavramı ve Önemi". Mavi Vatan (in Turkish). 17 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ a b Yaycı, Cihat (1 January 2020). "Türkiye-Libya Arasında İmzalanan Münhasır Ekonomik Bölge Andlaşmasının Sonuç ve Etkileri". Kriter Dergi (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Mavi Vatan ne demek? Mavi Vatan nedir? İşte Mavi Vatan'ın ortaya çıkışıyla ilgili bilgiler". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "'Mavi Vatan'daki dev tatbikat göz kamaştırdı". Anadolu Ajansı. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "T.D.K.K. Basın Duyurusu". Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı. 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ EDSBILISIM (18 March 2021). "18 March 1915 Çanakkale Deniz Zaferi: Emperyalizme denizde atılan büyük tokat". VeryansınTV (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Mavi Vatan - Sanal Savunma". www.sanalsavunma.com (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Mavi Vatan nasıl doğdu? Doktrinin mimarları Cem Gürdeniz ve Cihat Yaycı anlatıyor". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Libya Türkiye'nin Denizden Komşusudur (in Turkish). 28 November 2019. ISBN 978-605-68534-9-4. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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