Turkey sends off new drill ship into eastern Mediterranean arabnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arabnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Turkey on Tuesday sent its newest drill ship on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years.The search for natural gas in energy-rich waters around the divided island of Cyprus has turned into an irritant in Turkey's ties with the European Union. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Abdulhamid Han drill ship the fourth built by Turkey will be sent to an undisputed area about 55 kilometres (34 miles) south of the city of Gazipasa.