Turkey is preparing legislation consisting of 14 articles that would formally define the country’s maritime areas of responsibility, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone, according to reports from Ankara, in a move closely watched by Greece amid renewed concerns over disputes in the Aegean.
The government is planning to create a new electoral district allowing Greeks living abroad to directly elect three members of parliament with their own ballot, marking a change in how the diaspora is represented.
A contentious legislative provision added to an unrelated bill and later used by a conservative minister in her ongoing custody dispute with her former husband was passed in Parliament without prior public consultation, Kathimerini has confirmed contradicting the government’s account.
