Energy transit, affects Turkish foreign policy, toward its western neighbors in the Black Sea area. Over two decades after the beginning of the third millennium, The transfer of energy has brought stability to Turkey's foreign policy, and... more
Energy transit, affects Turkish foreign policy, toward its western neighbors in the Black Sea area. Over two decades after the beginning of the third millennium, The transfer of energy has brought stability to Turkey's foreign policy, and relations with these Countries. The impact is on neighbours who are doing the Turkish energy trade through their territory. Bulgaria is one of the most important countries in the issue. Along with Greece, Bulgaria has been designated as an important hub for energy transit to Europe. We investigated the impact of energy consumption on Turkish-Bulgarian relations The fact that the energy economy variable affects Turkish-Bulgarian relations, revealed the necessity of this study. Here, In this study, the impact of power transit through pipelines between Turkey and Bulgaria, on Ankara's foreign policy toward Sofia has been investigated. In this study, At first, the transit projects have been studied, and then the political and security dynamics affecting Turkish foreign policy in Bulgaria have been analyzed. These findings indicate that the pipelines between Turkey and Bulgaria, in the first two decades of twentieth century, have caused positive pulses from Bulgaria to Turkey and have positively changed Ankara's foreign policy toward the Sofia, This has contributed to the creation of the two countries' movement in a similar direction, the dynamics of regional security (regional defense policies under the North Atlantic Treaty
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raq is considered one of the largest oil producers among the Turkey Neighbor Countries. Oil sales are considered the most important way to earn Iraq's financial revenue. Most of Iraq's oil reserves are controlled by the KRG (Kurdistan... more
raq is considered one of the largest oil producers among the Turkey Neighbor Countries. Oil sales are considered the most important way to earn Iraq's financial revenue. Most of Iraq's oil reserves are controlled by the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) in northern Iraq, and the issue of controlling, production and transit of oil from these areas is an important factor In shaping disputed political relations between Iraqi government and the KRG. Turkey is the most important oil consumers from Iraq, in neighboring Iraq and the KRG. The oil resources in northern Iraq, are the most important source for the flow of oil from Iraq to Turkey and Turkish foreign policy has also been affected by the energy relations between Turkey, Iraq and KRG. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the type of This effectiveness. The question of the article is: What effect has the oil transit between Turkey, Iraq and KRG on Turkish foreign policy towards the Iraqi government and the KRG?The findings, using the Geo-Economy theoretical framework and library and internet resources, indicate that: Oil transit between Turkey, Iraq and KRG led to a Inconsistency in Turkish foreign policy towards the This Two State Actors. On one hand, oil transit from KRG to Turkey prompted Turkey to support control of the KRG over oil resources in northern Iraq, But On the other hand, Turkey has been forced to emphasize Iraq's sovereignty in the use of oil resources to prevent instability in its relations with Iraq.