As Türkiye and Israel put their bilateral relations on a positive track with proposals for cooperation in energy drilling, and with a rising recognition of Türkiye’s geo-strategic and other advantages, what can we expect in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Türkiye has been trying to build its own inventory for energy exploration, drilling and processing for years in Mediterranean and Black Sea. /Photo: AA
However, experts emphasise that all options to extract and carry energy in the Mediterranean that leave out Türkiye are patently unviable, due to the latter’s strategic location, sophisticated infrastructure and railroad connections passing through Anatolia. “Critically, the Mediterranean, which is sensitive to tectonic movements, lacks solid ground to guarantee a safe route for pipelines, which can also be susceptible to natural disasters due to excessive exposure to sea pressure. This is evident in the reluctance of private companies to lay the previously envisioned EastMed pipeline along its bed,” Aslan adds.
Not only does Türkiye have well-functioning pipelines linking Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, there are more projects in progress. Another appeal is the huge market for natural gas already existing in Türkiye, Aslan emphasises. There is already an important threshold that has been crossed through energy diplomacy, as a result of Türkiye-Egypt normalisation, and recent developments in bilateral relations with Greece and Israel through the discussions over joint energy projects.
Although the forum aimed at working on energy-related matters, and gave out messages of regional cooperation, their actual intention was to form a bloc against Türkiye.
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