Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced as a "good news" the discovery of a large natural gas reserves off the Black Sea coast on August 21, 2020 in Istanbul, in Turkey. The Turkish drilling ship which is name is Fatih, had been carrying out exploration operations in the Tuna-1 in the Black Sea for the past month. Turkey has also sent a ship to carry out a drilling survey in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Oruc Reis left port on 10 August, accompanied by five naval vessels. It was reported the next day to be sailing in waters between Crete and Cyprus. Greeks disagree with Turkey over who holds the rights to certain areas of the Eastern Mediterranean. President Erdogan said he intended to accelerate operations in the Mediterranean. In the Izmir provincial presidency of AK Party people were excited and satisfied about results even Greek diplomats were remained in silence in Izmir.
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