INTRODUCTION Water although usually is not considered as the most important fluid in the public view, its importance and staminality can easily be understood during the privation. In today’s world, while some regions have plenty of water, in the other side, some parts are being lack of it. As mentioned above, the importance of water...
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Turkey’s Lng Future & External Threats To Derail Ankara’s Strategy?
INTRODUCTION Turkey’s ongoing national and international gas adventures are until now a success story. The dream to become an energy hub has been positively supported by ongoing largescale LNG import facility projects, gas storage expansion and the already well-known Turkish gas-pipelines, which are partly built to link up to the European markets. Russia’s renewed interest...
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Qatar Crisis And Energy
INTRODUCTION The crisis started between Qatar, which has the third largest natural gas reserves and the biggest LNG supply capacity, and the block of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE and its impact continues in all over the world. This block with Bahrein, Yemen, Libya’s Tobruk Government have accused Qatar as the financer of terrorism...
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Nuclear Power, Its Waste In The World And In Turkey
INTRODUCTION Nuclear power plants were born in 1950s. Taking only 30 grams of used fuel annually for a person’s energy consumption many countries built their own nuclear power plants. In this story, there is the fuel on one hand and the waste on the other. In general sense, used up fuel rods from nuclear reactors...
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Libya: Politics & Energy
INTRODUCTION The developments in Libya is in need to be closely watched to explain the oil problem especially the reasons for the developments in this geography for contemporary Africa and Middle East conjuncture. The revolution that resulted in the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi regime has filled the 6th anniversary on February 17, 2017, which...
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Iraq: Going Back And Forth
INTRODUCTION When a foreigner looks at Iraq, he/she may only see war, destruction and chaos. It may be true to speak desperate words about country’s future but still its past should be well determined before criticizing today and future. Iraq has been living extraordinary events within the last decades. Tyranny, two Gulf Wars, internal conflicts,...
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Cyprus Energy Corridor
ABSTRACT The initial Cyprus Energy Corridor idea was developed and introduced by Israel and its partners in crime: the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA). This version of the corridor was exaggerated over the proposed Eastern Mediterranean (EastMed) Pipeline, which would route East Mediterranean gas reserves to Europe (EU) over Cyprus...
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Energy Policy Turkey (EPT): Editor’s Note
Energy Policy Turkey (EPT), now widely recognized and followed throughout the world, has been focusing on energy strategies and policies in and around Turkey or wherever Turkey is involved in “The Energy Game”. EPT performs countrywide, regional and worldwide studies and analysis to make the best judgement on policies for energy supply-demand chain, security, and...
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Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant Cost & Benefit Analysis
Introduction to Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant Turkey is in need of finding a sustainable source for electricity production due to an increasing demand and consumption for electricity. The country has a huge current account deficit most of which results from its energy imports. Plans for nuclear power construction are a key aspect of the country’s...