TY - JOUR TT - KARASULARININ SINIRLARININ TESPiTi VE iÇ SULARIN HUKUKi REJiMi AU - Aydın, Hakkı PY - 2003 DA - December JF - Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi JO - CUIFD PB - Sivas Cumhuriyet University WT - DergiPark SN - 1301-1197 SP - 43 EP - 92 VL - 7 IS - 2 KW - Islam hukuku KW - Karasuları KW - lçsular KW - Normal esas hat N2 - The seas adjacent to the mainland of a c;oastal state is regarded as theterritory of that state. lt is a known fact that a state's territory is conslituted of land,sea and air. space. The coastal state enjoys full administratlve, political and juristicsovereignty over its territory.One of the most important territorial parts of a coastal state is its internal ,waters adjoining its territorial sea. Besides ıt has limited sovereignty over contiguouszone, exclusive economic zone, continental shelf and high seas.Internal waters are those waters which li e landward of. the baseline fromwhich the territorial sea and other maritime zones are measured. Thus, internalwaters of a maritime character mostly comprise bays, estuaries and ports, andwaters enclosed by straight baselines. The outer boundaries of internal watersconstitute the inner boundaries of the territorial sea.The territorial sea is the adjacent sea zone, starting from the baselines ofouter boundaries of internal waters, and extending up to 12 miles which is rec"ognisedby international law.The re is a significant need for delimilalion of m aritime boundaries in order toavoid disputes and uncertainties over the right to exercise sovereignty, sovereignrights or jurisdiction and to exploit resources.As regards to the lslamic law, regulations which · are established byinternationallaw are not totally rejected. On the contrary, all Muslim countries, exceptTurkey, have ratified international treaties UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/cuifd/issue//256569 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/222937 ER -