Why everyone suddenly needs Turkey for energy

Summary

For decades, Turkey was heavily dependent on imported energy, spending billions on oil and gas from abroad. Now, Ankara has a bigger ambition: Not just securing its own energy future but becoming a country that helps power others. Sitting between Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Turkey sees itself as the natural crossroads for energy flows. Natural gas from Azerbaijan crosses the country through the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project or TANAP. TurkStream is the last major pipeline still carrying Russian gas into the EU, even after Russia's full-scale invasion…

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