NATO 'Ally' Turkey, a major buyer of oil and gas from Iran, will no longer give a breakdown of where its energy imports come from.

NATO 'Ally' Turkey, a major buyer of oil and gas from Iran, will no longer give a breakdown of where its energy imports come from.(Fars).The move, as the West seeks to tighten sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program, follows a request from Turkey's refining monopoly TUPRAS, which already bars the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK) from detailing its oil imports, Daily star reported.
"TUPRAS asked us last month not to reveal the origin of our crude oil imports and instead give an overall figure," a TUIK official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
"We were not informed of the reason for the change in policy," he said.
TUPRAS declined to comment on the issue.
On Nov 30, the US Senate approved new sanctions against Iran's energy, shipping and port sectors but shortly thereafter, the government extended exemptions from the sanctions to nine major economic powers, including Turkey, China, Taiwan, India and South Korea.
Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said last month Turkey met half of its crude oil needs from Iran in 2011.Hmmmm.....When will the US Congress grow a pair?Read the full story here.

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