The Europe News website reports today (September 22, 2011) that Turkey's prime minister has lashed out at Cyprus and Israel for their "madness for an oil search" in the Mediterranean Sea.
Recep Tayyip Erdogen said on September 20 that a Turkish research ship will be "speedily" sent to the area after Cyprus began a similar search near sizable gas finds inside Israeli waters earlier this week.
He also said Turkey is sending warships to the area, in an effort to force Cyprus to halt its exploration.
Cyprus -- an independent nation -- has been divided since 1974, when Turkey illegally seized the northern third of island that is primarily inhabited by Greeks. Turkey is the only nation in the world to recognize Turkish Cypriot north, and maintains 35,000 troops there.
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