Turkey says Cyprus oil drilling plans are 'provocation'
Turkey said on Saturday plans by Cyprus to begin gas exploration in the Mediterranean amounted to "provocation" and it would consider carrying out offshore surveys with northern Cyprus if drilling went ahead.
"If this fait accompli continues we have steps of our own that we will take ... northern Cyprus can carry out the same explorations with Turkey and TPAO," Davutoglu told a news conference, referring to Turkey's state-owned oil and gas exploration company. (Reuters)
