Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that he had agreed with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to form a natural gas hub in Turkey. Speaking to members of his AK Party in parliament, Erdoğan said Putin had said Europe can obtain its gas supply from the hub in Turkey. Putin …
Read More »Turkey Sends Drill Ship on First Med Mission in Two Years
Turkey on Tuesday (9 August) sent its newest drill ship on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years. The search for natural gas in energy-rich waters around the divided island of Cyprus has turned into an irritant in Turkey’s ties with the European Union. President Recep …
Read More »Erdogan Warns Sweden, Finland NATO Bids could still be Blocked
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that Sweden and Finland could still have their NATO bids blocked by Turkey if the Nordic nations don’t follow a memorandum that was signed earlier in the week. Turkey lifted its objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO after the three countries signed …
Read More »Turkey to Start Transferring Natural Gas from Black Sea in 1st Quarter of 2023
Turkey will start transferring 10 million cubic meters (mcm) of natural gas daily from the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea to the national transmission system in the first quarter of 2023, the country’s president said on Monday. The production in Sakarya Gas Field will “hopefully reach its peak …
Read More »Turkey Accuses Greece of Militarizing its Aegean Sea Islands
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Greece of militarizing its islands in the Aegean Sea with an eye toward threatening Turkey, in but the latest salvo in a series of tit-for-tat accusations between the two NATO members. Erdogan urged immediate demilitarization of the islands, stressing Turkey will never …
Read More »Turkey to Produce up to 40 Million Cubic Meters of Gas in Black Sea Daily
Turkey intends to produce up to 40 million cubic meters of gas per day from fields in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We hope to use the Black Sea gas from January 2023. It is planned that at the first stage 10 million cubic meters of gas …
Read More »Turkey Aims to Shield Citizens from Global Energy Fallout
As the world wrestles with soaring energy prices just ahead of winter, Turkey is revving up efforts to ensure the fallout is only minimally reflected on its citizens and their energy bills, according to officials. Gas and electricity prices, particularly in Europe, have been setting record highs on a daily …
Read More »Erdogan, Putin Discuss Setting up more Nuclear Power Plants in Turkey
The Turkish and Russian heads of state discussed establishment of two more nuclear power plants in Turkey in addition to one that is already being built in the country’s South. The conversation arose between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Wednesday, Kremlin …
Read More »Turkey Invested $3B on Natural Gas Supply in 18 Years
Turkey has invested 27 billion Turkish liras ($3.6 billion) on natural gas distribution since 2002, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “Since the day we took office, investment in natural gas distribution across Turkey has reached a total of 27 billion Turkish liras,” Erdogan said via video link at …
Read More »Turkey to Continue Energy Search in Black Sea
Turkey is set to continue its search for energy resources in Black Sea region, where it has so far discovered 405 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas, the country’s president said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news conference following an hours-long cabinet meeting in the presidential complex in the …
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