The European Union (EU) aims to phase out Russian gas imports by 2027 while tightening gas-origin tracking, with Turkiye emerging as a critical transit hub.
Ankara is crafting a flexible, sovereignty-preserving framework to keep its gas hub open to Europe while limiting legal exposure.
This note explores Turkiye’s gas hub strategy, including:
- Turkish export strategy into the EU
- Turkiye’s counter offer
- Turkiye’s fallback strategy
- Turkish ambitions and non-Russian supply diversification
