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.

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.