Turkey Pays Dearly For Natural Gas

The details of the recent debates over the price of natural gas are starting to come to light. Documents acquired by Zaman show that Turkey paid Russia $243 and Iran $236 per thousand cubic meters natural gas; while, Georgia pays just $110, Greece $207, Germany $217 and Austria $221 for the same amount of gas.

The cloud covering gas prices, which was brought to the agenda during the latest crisis between Russia and Ukraine, is beginning to lift.

As media claims about Turkey paying the highest purchase price for natural gas fills the front pages, the Turkish energy minister declared,