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Turkey Confronts EU With New Energy Survey Off Cyprus Coast

A view of the drilling ship ‘Yavuz’ scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, Thursday, June 20, 2019. — A view of the drilling ship ‘Yavuz’ scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, Thursday, June 20, 2019.Photographer: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

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Selcan Hacaoglu and

August 18, 2020, 4:50 AM UTCUpdated onAugust 18, 2020, 2:18 PM UTC

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Turkey dispatched a drilling ship to an area off the southwestern coast of Cyprus on Tuesday, in a move that could fuel territorial disputes with EU member states in the eastern Mediterranean.