Turkey suffers heavy losses as Iraq-Turkey pipeline remains shut amid corruption and diplomatic deadlock - Nordic Monitor

Turkey suffers heavy losses as Iraq-Turkey pipeline remains shut amid corruption and diplomatic deadlock - Nordic Monitor

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey faces mounting economic and geopolitical costs as the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, a key energy corridor linking northern Iraq’s oil fields to the Mediterranean, has been closed for more than two years. Parliamentary proceedings and recent investigations suggest the prolonged shutdown is not solely due to diplomatic impasses or legal disputes but is also connected to alleged corruption benefiting the inner circle of …