Turkey and Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons

Global Political Trends Center (GPoT Center), October 2013, 50 pages

Ayla Gürel & Laura Le Cornu *

This paper examines Turkey’s energy relations in the Eastern Mediterranean and its impact on hydrocarbon developments. The authors look at Turkey’s energy relations with the Arab States, Israel, and the Levant Basin and examine how disputes with Cyprus and Israel are shaping Turkey’s energy policies in the region. In concluding the authors argue that the substantial revenues from hydrocarbon resources could help enable cooperation and reconciliation between Turkey, Cyprus and Israel.

* Dr. Ayla Gürel is a senior research consultant at the PRIO Cyprus Centre in Nicosia. Dr. Laura Le Cornu is a senior research consultant on hydrocarbon issues at the PRIO Cyprus Centre in Nicosia.

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