# Greece and Turkey clash over protected Aegean marine areas

https://mins.news/en/item/37394

- DW, 2026-08-30 09:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/greece-turkey-clash-over-protected-aegean-marine-areas/a-78550021?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Turkey’s announcement of two marine parks in disputed parts of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean has drawn an angry response from Greece. Athens says parks established beyond Turkey’s territorial waters have no legal validity and fears the move uses environmental protection to challenge Greek island sovereignty and advance Ankara’s “Blue Homeland” claims, reviving tensions in their decades-old maritime dispute.