Schleifer, Yigal,
Pipeline Politics Give Turkey an Edge. Yigal Schleifer. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 74, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Pipeline Politics Give Turkey an Edge, May 25, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Turkey's heartland of Anatolia--the massive plateau that serves as a land bridge between Asia and Europe--is dotted with the remains of 13th-century inns, reminders of the merchant caravans that traveled the fabled east-west Silk Road. Some 800 years later, Turkey is again trying to take advantage of its strategic location. Today [2005], instead of caravansaries it is building pipelines, and instead of silk and spices the products are less romantic: oil and natural gas." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the opening of "the new Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, a $4 billion, 1,093-mile project that brings Caspian Sea oil to Turkey's Mediterranean coast" as the initial step in Turkey's "effort to become a major energy player, not as a producer but as a transit point."
1522-3205;
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Turkey--Foreign economic relations
Turkey--Politics and government
AC1.S5
050
Pipeline Politics Give Turkey an Edge. Yigal Schleifer. - Christian Science Monitor, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 74, Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Pipeline Politics Give Turkey an Edge, May 25, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Turkey's heartland of Anatolia--the massive plateau that serves as a land bridge between Asia and Europe--is dotted with the remains of 13th-century inns, reminders of the merchant caravans that traveled the fabled east-west Silk Road. Some 800 years later, Turkey is again trying to take advantage of its strategic location. Today [2005], instead of caravansaries it is building pipelines, and instead of silk and spices the products are less romantic: oil and natural gas." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the opening of "the new Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, a $4 billion, 1,093-mile project that brings Caspian Sea oil to Turkey's Mediterranean coast" as the initial step in Turkey's "effort to become a major energy player, not as a producer but as a transit point."
1522-3205;
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline
Turkey--Foreign economic relations
Turkey--Politics and government
AC1.S5
050