EU member-countries have been notified about the changes. A natural gas agreement with Iran looks as though it could come to reality. New studies for the supply of eleven billion square metres of gas a year for the next two and a half decades are going ahead. Iranian gas from Tebriz will be piped through Malatya to Ankara. Turkish cities are demanding more and more natural gas for heating and industrial uses.
Air pollution is still a serious problem in some cities and natural gas is seen as the answer.
During upcoming meetings in Istanbul, the natural gas project will be given final shape and finances will be sorted out. Chairwoman Gaye Doganoglu as saying yesterday in Antalya. Officials will promote Turkey at nine fairs in six different countries between January and March. Ferien '96 Wien Tourism Fair in Austria, Dublin Holiday World in England, BIT Milan Tourism Fair in Italy, and Fitur '96 Tourism Fair in Spain. A British magazine praised well-known Turkish businessman Rahmi Koc for his environmental activities, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday.