Erdoğan, Israel, and the Azerbaijan Oil Pipeline: Why the Valves Stay Open
The Erdoğan Israel energy connection remains a critical, if quiet, pillar of regional stability. While global headlines focus on the escalating rhetoric between Ankara and Jerusalem, the underground reality of the energy trade remains remarkably stable. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline—the 1,100-mile artery of the Caspian—continues to deliver Azerbaijani crude to Israeli refineries via Turkish soil. […]