Why Turkey Abruptly Cancelled an Iraqi Oil Pipeline Agreement

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With the resumption of the export of oil from the Kurdistan region through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan abruptly cancelled the export agreement through these pipelines, a timing that was found by considered experts, while returning the Turkish move.

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CHP Deputy Chairman Deniz Yavuzyılmaz reacted to the decision published in the Official Gazette on July 21, 2025, stating that Turkey would withdraw from its 1973 pipeline agreement with Iraq as of July 2026. It was revealed that the International Arbitration Court had fined Turkey $1.5 billion for unauthorized oil transportation on the pipeline. Because Turkey was owed $500 million, […] The article "Turkey withdrew from the agreement it 'violat…

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President Tayyip Erdoğan terminated Turkey's Kirkuk-Yumurtalık Crude Oil Pipeline Agreements, which have been in effect for over 50 years, effective July 27, 2026, with a decision published in the Official Gazette on July 20, 2025. This decision, combined with the Iraqi government's decision on July 17 to transfer all oil produced in the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG) to the state oil company SOMO, created a multi-layered system in …