Ankara seeks broader agenda in talks with Athens, Hurriyet reports

Ankara aims to bring the issues of island sovereignty and demilitarization in the eastern Aegean to the negotiating table with Athens, according to a report by Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper, citing diplomatic sources.

The report is viewed as part of Turkey's efforts to keep these matters in the spotlight and expand the agenda of talks with Greece, which maintains that the only outstanding legal dispute is the delimitation of the continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Turkish diplomatic sources told the newspaper that if no solution is reached, Ankara plans to take all disputes to international jurisdiction as a "package."

"Ankara seeks a permanent, comprehensive, and fair resolution, in line with international law, addressing disputes over territorial waters, airspace boundaries, undetermined sovereignty of geographic formations, the islands'...