The Role of Turkey in the Energy Security Environment of the European Union

The study intends to analyze the issue of European energy security from a historical perspective and also from the point of view of international relations, as well as the geopolitical, geostrategic and geoeconomic role of Turkey in shaping the European energy security complex besides the EU. Emphasizing that Turkey has the role of an “energy hub” between Central Asia–Caucasus and the EU, our research focuses on the special importance of interconnected oil and gas network projects, such as the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC Pipeline) or the Nabucco gas pipeline and the Turkey–Greece–Italy Interconnector.

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