Republic of Turkey
Ambassador Cagatay Erciyes
Turkey has not ratified the Law of the Sea Convention, in part because it only grants the national 12-mile zone of territorial water in the Aegean Sea. Cagatay Erciyes has served as Counsellor for the Turkish United Nations Delegation since October 2004. The following is excerpted from a November 17, 2004, speech by Ambassador Erciyes before the UN General Assembly.Turkey will vote against the draft resolution contained in the document titled "Oceans and the Law of the Sea." The reason for my delegation’s negative vote is that some of the elements contained in the United Nations Convention on the Law…
