Tuesday, January 19, 2010

'Red billionaire' laments lost opportunities in Iraq

"'Red billionaire' laments lost opportunities in Iraq

TAYLAN BİLGİÇ
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
Güntekin Köksal of Pet Holding is known as the 'Red Billionaire' due to his past partnership with Soviet companies. DAILY NEWS photo, Ebru SEYHAN

Güntekin Köksal of Pet Holding is known as the 'Red Billionaire' due to his past partnership with Soviet companies. DAILY NEWS photo, Ebru SEYHAN

While non-U.S. companies might have celebrated after they recently won contracts to extract Iraqi oil, the process was a disappointment for Turkish Petroleum, or TPAO."

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