"Turkey worries over safety of carrying crude oil through its straits
Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler said in Ankara Tuesday that carrying oil through the Turkish Straits has reached to a very critical and dangerous level regarding environmental, social, physical and economic reasons.
Guler made the comments in a message sent to the 4th Turkey- Caspian-Black Sea Oil-Natural Gas Conference hosted by his ministry in Ankara, semi-official Anatolia News Agency reported.
'Amount of crude oil carried through the Turkish Straits increases gradually each year. This situation poses a serious environmental threat to Turkey,' Guler was quoted as saying in the message."
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