On the Way to Independence?

The Changes of Turkey’s Natural Gas Policy in a changing energy security architecture

Abstract

This paper assesses the changes that have taken place in  recent years in the circumstances affecting Turkey’s natural gas purchases, as well as their geopolitical implications. The analysis highlights that Turkey’s situation in the region’s  energy security processes has undergone a transformation  and continues to do so these days, with Ankara now having  better infrastructural conditions and improving its  bargaining position in organising the country’s natural gas  purchases. At the same time, the country’s energy policy  oriented foreign policy is by far free from tensions which  have become particularly visible in the Eastern  Mediterranean.