Pipeline Politics Give Turkey an Edge. Yigal Schleifer.
by Schleifer, Yigal; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 74Environment. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline | Turkey -- Foreign economic relations | Turkey -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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