Diversification Dilemmas in Turkey’s Natural Gas Imports

作     者：Tamas KOZMA 

作者机构：University of Pecs&Antall Jozsef Knowledge CentreHungary 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》 (亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第11卷第2期

页      面：90-106,I0007页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 020206[经济学-国际贸易学] 

主　　题：Energy Security Energy Diversification Natural Gas Turkey Pipeline 

摘      要：Due to the fact that Turkey does not possess hydrocarbon resources,it largely depends on imports from other ***,energy security and energy diversification issues are of key importance in Turkish foreign ***,the energy nexus is an important organizing principle in Turkish foreign *** article limits itself to focus on the diversification attempts in terms of source countries from where natural gas is being imported to *** diversification in case of Turkey might be analyzed in a dual ***,Turkey is highly interested in diversifying its own energy􀃼or specifically natural *** the moment,Turkey meets nearly 58%of its total natural gas consumption from Russian gas *** are aspirations to alter this energy status quo and geopolitical dynamics,by exploring further partnership opportunities to initiate imports of natural gas potentially from Israel,Qatar and other ***,given the geostrategic location of the country,Turkey is a highly important actor in the energy diversification endeavors of the European Union,as it is considered as potential transit country of natural gas from third *** it is completed,the TANAP natural gas pipeline might become a pivotal component of European energy security and could further integrate Turkey in international energy *** the moment,the lack of adequate infrastructure is a hurdle to the diversification of Turkey’s natural gas *** construction of new pipelines needs complex multiparty agreements;moreover,examples from the past prove that pipeline projects might get easily *** another possibility into account,investments in LNG capacities require very high ***,this article argues that despite the aspirations,the inclusion of new countries and thus significant changes in Turkey’s current natural gas imports are rather likely to happen in the long run.