Cyprus-Turkey dispute over drilling rights
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European Union leaders are preparing to discuss a course of action for defusing tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, as Turkey said it would extend its search for oil and gas in disputed waters off Cyprus
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Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) boundary

Turkish maritime claim

1 Cyprus oil and gas exploration blocks

Gas field

Turkish drilling location

Overlapping claims
Cyprus / Turkey Cyprus/Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkey’s Yavuz drillship
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100km 60 miles
Turkey EEZ
EEZ Greece
Yavuz drillship operations extended to Oct 12
Cyprus EEZ
TURKEY
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Nicosia
CYPRUS
Syria EEZ
SYRIA
Aphrodite
ISRAEL
Israel EEZ
Calypso
Egypt EEZ 
Glaucus
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Lebanon EEZ
LEBANON

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Sources: Associated Press, S&P Global
Picture: Getty Images
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