Every EEZ has to be approved in accordance with 1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
It is hard to claim EEZ when it is closer to Cyprus than Turkey
Tell us which neighbor does USA have a dispute with
This is Turkey and international community position
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Turkey claims a portion of
Cyprus's EEZ based on Turkey's peculiar
[9][10][11][12][13] definition that no islands, including Cyprus, can have full EEZ
[14][15] and should only be entitled to a 12 nautical mile reduced EEZ rather than the usual 200 that Turkey and every other country are entitled to, including an area to the south of Cyprus containing an offshore
gas field. Furthermore, the internationally unrecognized
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which was created as result of the
Turkish Invasion of Cyprus, also claims portions of Cypriot EEZ. Cyprus and the international community do not acknowledge the Turkish claims
[16][17][18][19] on Cyprus's land and sea, which are viewed as illegal under international law
[a] and urge Turkey to restrain itself from illegal drilling for gas in the island's EEZ.
Furthermore, EU has threatened Turkey with economic and political sanctions for violating the Cypriot EEZ.[36][37]"