Open AccessThe energy context of Turkish-Russian relations: is it cooperation or competition?
Author(s) -
O Ukşal,
Elnur Hasan Mikail
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/937/4/042045
Subject(s) - rivalry , competition (biology) , context (archaeology) , turkish , general partnership , industrialisation , energy security , energy policy , international trade , economy , energy (signal processing) , population , european union , geography , political science , development economics , business , economics , renewable energy , market economy , engineering , sociology , demography , philosophy , mathematics , law , macroeconomics , ecology , linguistics , archaeology , biology , statistics , electrical engineering
Energy requirements brought about by the industrialization and rapid population growth in developing countries such as Turkey have led to different processes. In particular, the inadequacy of underground sources of energy to meet the energy demand, Turkey is headed to energy imports. This situation makes Turkey dependent on outside day by day. European Union countries lacking in energy sources such as Turkey, are making various energy agreements in order to solve this problem. In these energy agreements, the source geography is the Asian continent, especially the Caucasus. Turkey, along with Russia, is the main actor on the energy route between East and West. Partnership on energy with Russia began in the 1960s has made Russia the dominant power for Turkey’s energy. This study examines the energy relationship between Turkey and Russia, where cooperation and rivalry are inevitable in terms of national and international interests. In this context, the factors that are subject to the energy relationship between the two countries were discussed in the study. The conclusion reached at the end of the study is that although the competition is at the forefront, the two countries have to cooperate as they are the main actors for the East-West energy route.