Erdoğan hails energy deal with Iraq as ‘historic step’
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (R) and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi (L) address a joint press conference following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on July 28, 2026. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye could get up to 1 million barrels of oil per day under a “historic” energy cooperation plan discussed on July 28 with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Ankara.
Al-Zaidi was in Türkiye for talks on security, trade, energy, transportation and water management, as well as joint infrastructure projects between the two neighbors.
A previous agreement between the two countries for the Kirkuk-Ceyhan crude oil pipeline had expired.
