18/12/2013
Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) was represented by Mehmet Doğan Üçok* in the “Global Turkey in Europe” Conference held at the European Council on Foreign Relations with experts from many countries.
Held with the partnership of Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), Stiftung Mercator, Istituto Affari Internazionali and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) at ECFR’s London office, the conference on Global Turkey in Europe: Turkish-European Energy Relations sought answers to how the cooperation between EU and Turkey on energy may be enhanced.
Mehmet Doğan Üçok attended the conference on behalf of Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC), presenting his paper titled The Potential Role of Turkey in a Globalizing Gas Market.
In his paper, Mehmet Doğan Üçok discussed global gas and LNG markets, presented an overview of energy in Turkey, and made remarks on the structure of the natural gas market in Turkey. Doğan Üçok also discussed the potential benefits of a liberal natural gas market to Turkey.
Speakers in the conference, who were subject matter experts from international energy institutions and universities, mostly discussed the natural gas potential in Turkey and the region, the sources in the Eastern Mediterranean, Iraq, Iran, Caucasia and Central Asia, and Turkey’s potential for becoming an energy corridor or an international energy hub. Doğan Üçok said that the expanding the liberalization that began with the electricity market to the entire energy sector and particularly the natural gas segment would encourage future investment in Turkey, which would be extremely important for Turkey’s aspiration to become a hub for energy.
* Mehmet Doğan Üçok has a doctorate degree in National and International Security Strategies in the department of Strategy and Strategic Studies, and his main field of interest is Energy Security and Government Policies.
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