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On May 9, the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY & Turkey Programs hosted H.E. Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Türkiye, in Washington, DC, on the sidelines of the 39th American-Turkish Conference, for a roundtable on regional energy opportunities and the role Türkiye plays for energy security.
Atlantic Council IN TURKEY & Turkey Programs Senior Director Defne Arslan moderated the roundtable.
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The Atlantic Council in Turkey, which is in charge of the Turkey program, aims to promote and strengthen transatlantic engagement with the region by providing a high-level forum and pursuing programming to address the most important issues on energy, economics, security, and defense.