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Oil found in Kurdish eastern Turkey
16.1.2007 |
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Oil found in Eastern
Turkey (Kurdistan-Turkey) close to the boarder with
Syria-Kurdistan
Istanbul, Turkey, January 16,-- Oil has been
found in 12 wells in Turkey's Camurlu and Sinirtepe
areas close to the country's southeastern border
with Syria (Western Kurdistan), national petroleum
company officials have announced.
“We have obtained between 600-1,000 barrels of oil
per day from the find," said Bayram Kara director
for the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) Kurdish
Batman region.
He said that mine clearing in the area would allow
production to increase.
Turkey has planted land-mines along its 600
kilometre-long frontier with Syria to curb border
crossings by Kurdish separatists.
The danger posed by the landmines has hampered oil
exploration as well as agricultural activities.
Kara also said that a seismic search was underway in
the Ergani and Diyarbakir areas to discover new oil
fields.
TPAO's daily petrol production exceeds 60,000
barrels.
Turkey has few petroleum resources, despite
bordering oil-rich areas like Iran and Iraq. It is
heavily dependent on foreign suppliers and imports
nearly 90 percent of its oil needs.
adnki com
The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan"
Southeast Turkey. The Kurds have no rights in
Turkey.
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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