Diversification Without Illusions: What the Turkic World Can Offer Europe on Energy - Türkiye

The role of the Turkic countries is increasingly valued in our world full of turmoils and insuperable interdependencies. Media outlets have been overwhelmed by the summits, constantly expanding international relations and new investment projects in the Turkic world. The real motivation behind this evolving region however – beyond historical and cultural richness, strategic location and the slowly but surely liberalizing economies – is the wealth of resources.

As Daniel Yergin wrote in the early 2000s "In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is why energy security will be one of the main challenges of foreign policy in the years ahead. Oil and gas have always been political commodities." Accepting Yergin's words, and given the limitations of the genre, this series examines the energy policy significance of four Turkic countries – Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – and try to answer the question in a simplified manner: what the Turkic world can offer Europe on energy. The first part of the series is about Türkiye.