Iran’s Elaborate Sanction-Skirting Scheme
Turkish authorities and banks cooperated with Tehran in the development of a scheme aimed at providing Iran with international markets for its gas in exchange for hard currency that was Continue Reading
Turkey Targets $5B Investment In Wind Energy By End-2017
Turkey aims to have $5 billion in wind energy investments by the end of this year, with the awarding of additional wind capacity tenders, the president of the Turkish Wind Continue Reading
Russia reaches Turkish waters with gas pipeline
Russian energy company Gazprom said construction of a new gas pipeline has entered Turkish territory. File Photo by tcly/Shutterstock Nov. 6 (UPI) — Construction for a pipeline slated to bring Continue Reading
Iraq’s Kurds Resume Pumping Oil by Pipeline to Turkish Port
Kurd region exported 264,000 barrels a day before brief halt Latest stoppage came after Iraq retook Kirkuk area from Kurds Oil exports resumed from Iraq’s Kurdish region after halting earlier Continue Reading
Turkey To Meet With Iran, Iraq Over Kurdish Independence Vote
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on September 28 that he wants to hold a summit with Iranian and Iraqi leaders to coordinate their response to the Kurdish vote for Continue Reading
Turkey Inches Closer To Disrupting Kurdish Oil Exports
Turkey supports Iraq’s decision that the oil trade should be done only by the central government, reaffirming it will deal only with Baghdad, in a move that could disrupt or Continue Reading
Foiled spy plot strains Turkey-KRG relations
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has captured four Turkish intelligence operatives in Sulaimaniya after they attempted to arrest or assassinate a top leader of the Kurdish guerrilla group. The incident Continue Reading
Turkish foreign minister says to tell Iraqi Kurdish officials independence vote wrong
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a news conference at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 25, 2017. ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Continue Reading
Turkey Expands Influence In Kurdish Energy Sector
Over the past 12 years, Turkish energy companies have moved into the Kurdish energy sector at great pace in line with the sector’s rapid expansion under the semi-independent government in Continue Reading
Russia boasts of Turkish gas pipeline progress
Russian energy company Gazprom is moving forward with developments of a gas pipeline through Turkey with shallow-water preparations, a spokesperson said. Russian energy company Gazprom said construction of a pipeline Continue Reading