Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a news conference following their meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, October 10, 2016. Turkey and Russia signed an Continue Reading
Russia and Turkey have put tensions over Syria behind them to agree a gas pipeline deal which would open a new route for Russian energy to western Europe. The TurkStream Continue Reading
Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev speaks during an interview at the Reuters Russia Investment Summit in Moscow, Russia, September 15, 2016. Russia’s Gazprom expects Russia and Turkey to sign an Continue Reading
Russian energy company Gazprom said it received the first permits from the Turkish government to start implementing a new natural gas pipeline project. Through “diplomatic channels,” the Russian company said Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan expressed joint support for Russian oil major Rosneft increasing oil supplies to Turkey, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday. Continue Reading
A Russian energy official met in Istanbul with Turkish leaders to review options for moving ahead with a gas pipeline project, Russia’s Gazprom said. Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak hosted Continue Reading
A rebel fighter carries a boy as civilians and rebels who were evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria’s Continue Reading
Turkish warplanes and artillery struck targets held by the Kurdish YPG militia in north Syria on Sunday, security sources said, as Turkey pressed on with a cross-border campaign launched last Continue Reading
Turkey mounted on Wednesday its largest military effort yet in the Syrian conflict, sending tanks, warplanes and special operations forces over the border in a United States-backed drive to capture Continue Reading
Turkey, Russia, Iran A new strategic axis is forming in the Middle East, and this axis could play a transformative role in the region, upsetting the longstanding balance of power. Continue Reading
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu smiles as he attends a news conference with the Adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz (unseen) at the Continue Reading
Declarations by Russia and Turkey last week reviving plans for the TurkStream natural gas pipeline linking the two have worried EU diplomats who see it strengthening Moscow’s hand – but Continue Reading
On July 15, 2016, a new chapter opened in Turkish political history. A group of military officers attempted a coup to overthrow the Erdogan regime in Turkey. Recep Tayyip Erdogan Continue Reading
Russia has indicated that it is ready to restart negotiations on the Turkish Stream gas transport project, after the Turkish president sent an official apology for the downing of a Continue Reading
Oil pipeline Two years ago, while Kurdish oil was flowing to Turkey’s port of Ceyhan, Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed a natural gas-for-oil agreement that included the Continue Reading
Kurdish Militant The “game-changing” downing of a Turkish attack helicopter by Kurdish rebels with a Russian-made missile could further intensify still simmering hostilities between Ankara and Moscow. Coming nearly six Continue Reading
It has been six years since the Israeli raid on the Mavi Marmara ship that was aiming to reach the Gaza coast in May 2010. In the wake of the Continue Reading
Norwegian energy company Statoil said Monday it signed an agreement with a Canadian exploration company to help explore the shale gas potential in Turkey. According to the terms of an Continue Reading
Oil flows from Iraqi Kurdistan to Turkey’s port of Ceyhan have resumed after a three-week outage, Reuters reported March 11. According to the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources, the disruption Continue Reading
Turkey’s security authorities allow the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to reopen after 23 days. Oil tanks at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), where Continue Reading
Four Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Boeing F-15S fighter aircraft arrived Feb. 26 at Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base to support the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in Syria, soon Continue Reading
Twenty-eight people were killed and 61 injured in a bomb attack in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday, government spokesman Numan Kurtulmus said, adding the government has no information yet Continue Reading
Turkey amplified the big-power tensions over the increasingly chaotic war in Syria on Tuesday, saying it is in discussions with allies, including the United States, over collaborating on a military Continue Reading
Turkish artillery has returned fire “in kind” into Syria, military sources said on Tuesday, marking its fourth straight day of shelling across the border. Turkey on Monday warned Kurdish militia Continue Reading
Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz denied a report that some Turkish soldiers had entered Syria at the weekend and said Ankara was not considering sending troops into its neighbor, the Continue Reading
Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz denied a report that some Turkish soldiers had entered Syria at the weekend and said Ankara was not considering sending troops into its neighbor, the Continue Reading
Turkish aid workers have been setting up tents and distributing supplies for thousands of new Syrian refugees kept from entering Turkey at the border. Some 35,000 people fled a Syrian Continue Reading
Istanbul (CNN)Turkish forces aren’t preparing to invade northern Syria and Russia’s allegation that they are is an attempt to hide Moscow’s crimes in the war-ravaged nation, a source within the Continue Reading
Hundreds of people fled a conflict-hit area of southeast Turkey’s largest city of Diyarbakir on Wednesday, taking advantage of the lifting of a curfew to escape any further clashes between Continue Reading
Slabs of concrete wall have sprung up and military patrols have intensified, but local people say this stretch of Turkey’s border facing Syrian territory under Islamic State control is still Continue Reading
Turkey is a fundamental partner in the drive to ensure the European energy sector is well supplied and free from dominance, the European Commission said. Members of the European Commission Continue Reading
Iraq’s main crossing with Turkey reopened yesterday after 22 days of closures that choked off commerce and left thousands of trucks and people stranded at both sides of the border.So Continue Reading
A major Turkish military operation to eradicate Kurdish militants in Turkey ’s restive southeast has turned dozens of urban districts into bloody battlefields, displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians and Continue Reading
The Turkish Coast Guard has stepped up nighttime patrols on the choppy, wintry waters of the Aegean Sea, seizing rafts full of refugees fleeing war for Europe and sending them Continue Reading
Israel and Turkey have reached a preliminary agreement to normalize relations, including the return of one another’s ambassadors to both countries, an Israeli official said Thursday. The deal comes five Continue Reading
The main border crossing between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdistan region remains closed for a second day, as Turkey ramps up a military offensive apparently aimed at Kurdish militants in Continue Reading
Iraq’s government on Saturday demanded that Turkey immediately withdraw additional military personnel deployed to train Iraqi Kurdish fighters near the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul . “This is considered as Continue Reading
Gas pipes worth 1.8 billion euros ($1.95 billion) are to be left stranded on the shores of the Black Sea after Russia’s decision to suspend work on the Turkish Stream Continue Reading
Talks between Moscow and Ankara on building a natural gas pipeline through Turkey to Europe are suspended, Russia’s energy minister said. Russian energy company Gazprom proposed the so-called Turkish Stream Continue Reading
Russia may freeze work on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project for several years in retaliation against Ankara for the shooting down of a Russian air force jet, two sources Continue Reading
Over the course of the last four or so weeks, the media has paid quite a bit of attention to Islamic State’s lucrative trade in “stolen” crude. On November 16, Continue Reading
The downing of a Russian warplane by Turkey threatened to lead to a wholesale breach in the countries’ relations on Thursday, with the Kremlin preparing to sever economic ties and Continue Reading
An air display in Ankara on August 30, 2015. (AFP/File) Turkish military has destroyed 16 positions of PKK in airstrikes in northern Iraq and in Turkey’s southeast Tuesday, Turkish army said Wednesday. According to a statement posted on the Turkish General Staff’s official website, Turkish Air Forces jets bombed PKK positions in Avasin-Basyan region in northern Iraq as well as in Daglica village in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province. Several shelters, underground coves and weapon emplacements said to be used by PKK militants were also destroyed in the airstrikes, it said. Meanwhile, four PKK militants were killed during Turkish security forces’ operation in Hakkari’s Yuksekova district. Security forces seized many weapons and two hand grenades during a search in the region, the military said. Also, in Hakkari’s Cukurca district, two PKK militants surrendered to the security forces. Moreover, 10 people in southeastern Mardin province’s Nusaybin district and three people in […]
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Russian gas monopoly Gazprom chief Alexei Miller says there are no political obstacles to advancing a gas pipeline through Turkey. File photo by Anatoli Zhdanov/UPI MOSCOW, Oct. 8 (UPI) — There are no political affairs interfering with bilateral talks on building a natural gas pipeline through Turkey, Russian energy company Gazprom said. Turkey is the second-largest consumer of Russian natural gas. Gazprom last year surveyed the land route through Turkey for a pipeline dubbed Turkish Stream, a scaled-back version of the South Stream gas pipeline proposed for the region. The Kremlin sent two offers to the Turkish government for consideration on the pipeline project in mid-2015. In August, the government said there was still no word on the project from Ankara. Alexei Miller , chief executive officer at Gazprom, said there was nothing in the way of bilateral agreements on the gas pipeline. "Work to draft the text [of […]
Photo President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, right, with Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Monday. Credit Francois Lenoir/Reuters ISTANBUL — Tensions between Russia and Turkey widened on Tuesday over the Russian bombings of Syrian rebels and multiple violations of Turkish airspace , which have deeply undercut Turkey’s goals in the Syrian civil war. “Our positive relationship with Russia is known,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday at a news conference during a visit to Brussels. “But if Russia loses a friend like Turkey, with whom it has been cooperating on many issues, it will lose a lot, and it should know that.” Aside from blunt warnings, however, there appears to be little that Mr. Erdogan can do about Russia’s assertive military actions in Syria , which have upended his priorities to oust the Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad , and establish a buffer zone […]
A man waves a Kurdistan flag as a Turkish military truck escorts a convoy of Peshmerga vehicles at the Ibrahim Khalil border crossing, also called the Habur border gate, on Oct. 29, 2014. (KADIR BARIS/Reuters) The main economic artery between the Kurdistan region and international markets has been severely disrupted this month, as Turkey’s customs authorities have repeatedly closed the Ibrahim Khalil border over security concerns. As the fight between Turkish security forces and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has escalated – including airstrikes in northern Iraq’s mountains and targeted killing of police by the PKK – Turkey has besieged areas suspected of supporting the PKK near the border… This content is for registered users. Please login to continue. If you are not a registered user, you may purchase a subscription or sign up for a free trial .
Russian energy company Gazprom facing delays in build on its Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline. File photo by Igor Golovniov/UPI MOSCOW, Sept. 15 (UPI) — Development of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline from Russia is on hold because of installation delays, an official with Russia’s Gazprom said. Alexander Medvedev , the deputy chairman of Russian natural gas company Gazprom, said the late 2016 launch of the pipeline through Turkey was no longer achievable . "Due to the fact that the installation [of the pipeline] did not begin as planned, we are no longer speaking of December 2016," he said. The Kremlin sent two offers to the Turkish government for consideration on a pipeline project in mid-2015. In August, the government said there was still no word on the project from Ankara. Gazprom surveyed the Turkish land route for the 110-mile section of pipeline from the Black Sea last […]
PKK spokesperson Zagros Hiwa stands in a cemetery of hundreds of PKK fighters in the Qandil mountains in Iraqi Kurdistan on Nov. 6, 2014. (DANIEL W. SMITH/Iraq Oil Report) The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) does not intend to make further attacks on the pipeline carrying oil from Iraq to Turkey’s Ceyhan port.That was the message delivered by Zagros Hiwa, spokesperson for the PKK, who spoke to Iraq Oil Report in a series of phone and email interviews over the past week."I can assure everyone that HPG is not hostile against anything related to interests of our people in southern Kurdistan [Iraqi Kurdistan], and such attacks will not repeat," Hiwa said.Th… This content is for registered users. Please login to continue. If you are not a registered user, you may purchase a subscription or sign up for a free trial .
Image copyright More than 60 members of the security forces have been killed in recent months A number of Turkish soldiers have been killed in an attack in the south-eastern province of Hakkari. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebel group said in a statement that it had carried out the attack. Turkish media said Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was calling an emergency security meeting. There has been a surge in violence between the army and the PKK after a ceasefire collapsed in July in the wake of Turkish raids on PKK camps in Iraq. On Sunday, Turkish media said bombs were detonated as two military vehicles were passing in the village of Daglica. The PKK statement said 15 soldiers had died and weapons had been seized, but there was no official confirmation of the toll. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised "a very particular and decisive" response on Turkish TV. […]
