Turkey Looking Out For Itself First

摘要

While Turkey's state Botas has once again sought to ease concern among potential suppliers,customers and partners that it may wish to act as a middleman,taking ownership of gas as it flows through Turkey via the proposed Nabucco pipeline to Austria,a more nuanced reality helps to explain the lingering tension surrounding Turkey's attitude toward the project(WGI Oct.l,pl).Part of that reality is a sharper Turkish focus on domestic supply.