According to local daily Zaman, Ikideniz Petrol ve Gaz Sanayi, a Calik Group company, applied to the Turkish authorities to construct a 640-kilometre long pipeline between Turkey and Iraq. The Silopi-Yumurtalik pipeline will carry oil from Iraq to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, on the Mediterranean coast. The planned pipeline will transfer daily 1mn barrels of oil. Calik Group previously developed the Samsun-Ceyhan oil pipeline, extending from Turkeys Black Sea coast to the Mediterranean coast. |
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