Turkey shifts from Russian to American crude as Iran war disrupts energy supplies
Levent Kenez/Stockholm For more than three years Russia has been the unrivaled leader of Turkey's oil market. That changed in ...
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Turkey’s Western-backed Ukraine arms deal tests ties with Russia
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A planned $283 million transfer of US-made weapons from Turkey to Ukraine has sparked a sharp warning from ...
Turkey grants sweeping tax breaks to Russia’s Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant until 2045
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Parliament has approved legislation granting extensive tax exemptions to nuclear power operators through the end of ...
Turkish gov’t voices first concern over uranium reliance on Russia amid new US nuclear partnership
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has publicly acknowledged its dependence on Russia for uranium fuel at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power ...
Turkey’s new nuclear rules raise transparency concerns as key decisions remain behind closed doors
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has announced new rules for the export and import of nuclear-related goods, creating a single national system ...
Turkey unable to push Russia to speed up nuclear plant construction as financial and diplomatic tensions mount
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Construction on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the $24 billion Akkuyu project on the Mediterranean coast, has slowed ...
Turkey weighs forcible takeover of Russian-built nuclear power plant if needed
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A Turkish cabinet minister has revealed that the government has contingency plans to take control of a Russian-built ...
Turkish gov’t publication frames nuclear plant in Turkey as a success for Russia’s imperial energy strategy
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The December 2024 issue of Communication and Diplomacy, a Turkish government journal produced by the Directorate of Communications, ...
Erdogan signals plans for a new nuclear plant, granting project to Russia
Levent Kenez/Stockholm During his address at the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) in Baku, Turkey's President Recep ...
Turkey’s dependence on Russia for energy deepens with plans for second nuclear plant collaboration
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Reports suggesting that Turkey plans to award the contract for its second nuclear power plant to Russia, as ...
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