Turkey seeks to buy additional 6bn cubic metres of LNG (liquefied natural gas) until 2015 to meet growing demand for natural gas, energy minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday. There have been talks with Qatar on the purchase of LNG but this country may not provide all the additional 6bn cubic metres of LNG and some of the needed gas may be bought from the US, Yildiz added. Turkey also wants to build a LNG terminal with Qatar in Turkey, in addition to the existing two terminals in the country. |
The jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, called for a ceasefire on Thursday, ordering armed PKK militants to withdraw from Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the city of ... more
The Syrian government said the rebel groups foreign supporters, Turkey and Qatar, were responsible for a chemical attack in Aleppo. The countries that back and support the rebels, including ... more
US secretary of state John Kerry was in Ankara on Friday for talks with the Turkish leaders, including PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul, focused on the crisis in Syria, ... more