Turkmenistan Settles Gas Swap Deal With Turkiye, Iran

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Turkmenistan has among the world’s largest gas reserves, but the land-locked country’s main customer is China and exports are limited by existing infrastructure. Ashgabat is perpetually desperate for new customers, swaps, and pipelines, as I noted in a piece for The Diplomat Magazine in January, and a recently announced dealContinue Reading

19 arrested after Türkiye hotel inferno disaster

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ANKARA: Turkish authorities have arrested 19 people as part of an investigation into a fire at a ski resort hotel that killed 78 people, Anadolu state news agency reported on Monday (Jan 27). Those detained include a deputy mayor for the town responsible for the Kartalkaya resort, a deputy fireContinue Reading