region:turkey's mediterranean

Europe migrants’ #life-jacket capital

The city of #Izmir on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast has long been known as a tourist destination. But now people fleeing Syria’s civil war are using it as a staging post on their journey to Europe and providing shopkeepers with an unmissable business opportunity, reports the BBC’s Manveen Rana.

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Attacks render #Iraq-Turkey #Oil pipeline unusable: minister
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An oil pipeline carrying crude from Iraq’s Kirkuk oil fields to #turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan is unusable because of persistent militant attacks, Turkey’s energy minister said on Monday. “Of course this is a loss for Iraq,” Taner Yildiz told reporters, referring to the Baghdad-controlled pipeline, which has been pumping way below its 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of capacity. (Reuters)

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