The Eastern Mediterranean has always been an area of important political and cultural developments, dense migration
<h3> Eastern Mediterranean</h3>
Greek and Turkish frigates collided in the eastern Mediterranean in August 2020.
The Turkish ship had been accompanying the RV MTA Oruç Reis, a Turkish seismic survey vessel.
Diplomatic and military tension has been brought up by the Oruç Reis' activities, which include mapping for prospective future oil and gas deposits in waters claimed by Greece and Turkey.
The unresolved and unimplemented sovereignty issues from the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, which formally ended the conflicts involving the Ottoman Empire and established the new, sovereign Turkish republic, are at the root of tensions over Turkey's surveying activities in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean.
The Aegean map of the treaty was extremely convoluted and is still in controversy.
