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Radio France Internationale
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Dorian Jones

Turkey talks tough on Israel but resists calls to cut off oil

Members of the Turkish special forces stand guard over the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline at the Ceyhan crude oil terminal near Turkey's southern coastal city of Adana, on 13 July 2006. © AFP - MUSTAFA OZER

With Israeli forces stepping up their assault on the Gaza Strip and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continuing to ramp up his rhetoric against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ankara is nonetheless resisting calls to cut off vital oil deliveries to Israel.

Supertankers continue to deliver oil to Israel from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Oil pipelines from Azerbaijan and Iraqi Kurdistan terminate at the Mediterranean harbour, making Turkey a key oil supplier for Israel.

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