Doğu Akdeniz’de Değişen Enerji Jeopolitiği ve Türkiye
Changing Energy Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey

Summary/Abstract: Due to its geographical proximity to the Middle East and the Caucasus, the Eastern Mediterranean region has been host to regional and global power struggles and energy-centred geopolitical strife since the beginning of the 20th century. The discovery of hydrocarbon reserves in the Eastern Mediterranean, especially since the early 2000s, has caused significant changes in the geopolitics of the region and has created a fragile ground that threatens security on behalf of the countries in the region, especially Turkey. From this point of view, the study aims to evaluate the new dynamics that emerged in the region with regards to the discovery and sharing of hydrocarbon reserves and the possibilities of conflict and cooperation caused by these dynamics in terms of Turkey. In line with this aim, firstly, the attitudes and strategies developed by the riparian countries in the Eastern Mediterranean and the global powers on the sharing of hydrocarbon reserves will be discussed, and the basic dynamics created in the region in terms of security will be analysed. Afterward, the opportunities and threats posed by the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean energy geopolitics in terms of Turkey will be evaluated, and the possible scenarios in front of Turkey and the main policies to be followed will be discussed.

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