Foreign Ministry Announcement regarding yesterday's announcement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry

It is obvious that the ruling and the opposition parties in Turkey are picking a fight over an issue that does not concern them.

Certain people in the neighbouring country wish to drag Turkey towards a path and an attitude that contradicts international law and is in no way compatible with that of a European country. Revisionist rationales, as is well known, have always led to negative paths and have always been defeated.

Last, let it be reminded that the only topic of exploratory contacts was and still is the delimitation of the continental shelf according to the provisions and the rules of international law.

October 2, 2016