The Fate of the Turkish Stream Pipeline after the 7 June Elections in Turkey

... projects both in Turkey’s bureaucratic apparatus and in its media and public. This is due to the fact that the oil and gas sphere is already making Ankara dependent on Moscow, and therefore there is a negative perception of the idea of increasing ... ... Moscow and the difficulty of ensuring environmental safety at its construction site. If Moscow cannot resort to use of “soft power” on the issue of the Turkish Stream either, it may become more difficult to take specific decisions on the project, and the negotiating process itself ...