Turkey nationalizes lands for TANAP gas pipeline
On Wednesday Turkish and then international media reported quoting Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz that TANAP gas pipeline will be nationalized. But Minister’s words have been “interpreted literally.”
One of the Turkish officials explained to Turan that Taner Yildiz wanted to say that on Monday the Ministry of Energy submitted required documents concerning nationalization of lands, which will be need for TANAP gas pipeline construction, to the government.
TANAP gas pipeline will start from the Georgian-Turkish border and reach the Turkish-Greek border. Total length of the pipeline will be 1790 km.—0-
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