Gas supplies to Turkey have been cut off by Iran for ten days from January 20, citing technical reasons, according to Turkish media. A statement from Turkish oil company BOTAŞ said that supplies of gas to Turkey from Iran had been reduced since January 17 and that purchases had fallen by about a third of the contract's daily amount.
Turkish press sources say the talks are continuing to shorten the time.
Iran supplied 16% of the gas consumed by Turkey in January-October last year, according to data from the relevant services.
The same sources report that orders were sent to power plants to reduce their gas usage by 40% and that gas distribution companies were also instructed to reduce flow at the same rate to industrial and large-scale consumers consuming more than 300.000 m3. natural gas.
The gas flow reduction directive does not cover use for heating, universities and hospitals.