Category: TR-01
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Turkey’s Gas Pivot: From Pipeline Reliance to Energy Autonomy
Turkey is undergoing a significant transformation in its natural gas strategy, aiming to reduce long-standing dependence on pipeline supplies from Russia and Iran in favor of domestic production and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, primarily from the United States. This shift, accelerated in 2025, positions Turkey to meet over half its gas needs independently by…
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Turkey Inks 20-Year, $43B Deal with Mercuria
On September 24, 2025, Turkey’s state-owned energy company BOTAŞ (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) signed a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Swiss-based energy trading firm Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. The deal, announced by Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, secures approximately 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of US-sourced LNG annually, starting in 2026 and running…
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Turkey’s Iraq Pipeline Strategy
The under-utilisation of an oil pipeline between Iraq and Turkey is unfortunate and Ankara wants a “new and vibrant phase” in the matter to benefit both parties and the region, a senior Turkish official told Reuters on Monday. In a presidential decision published in the Official Gazette earlier on Monday, Ankara said the Turkey-Iraq Crude…
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Peace Without Terms
On July 12, 2025, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered what was described as a “historic speech” in Ankara, announcing a significant turning point in Türkiye’s decades-long fight against terrorism, particularly against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The speech followed the symbolic surrender of 30 PKK fighters in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, who publicly destroyed their weapons,…
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PKK Disarms
Reuters: “Thirty Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants burned their weapons at the mouth of a cave in northern Iraq on Friday, marking a symbolic but significant step toward ending a decades-long insurgency against Turkey. Footage from the ceremony showed the fighters, half of them women, queuing to place AK-47 assault rifles, bandoliers and other guns…