Iranian Gas Gains Share in Turkey's Market in August While Turkey's Total Gas Imports Fall

According to Mehr News Agency on Thursday, 15 October 2026 (23 Mehr 1405), citing data from Turkey's energy regulator and a Türkiye Today report, the volume of gas Iran sent to Turkey by pipeline in August 2026 rose 9.1 percent from August last year to 916.3 million cubic metres. Iran's share of Turkey's total natural gas imports reached 33 percent, against 20.4 percent in the same month a year earlier.

Over the same month, Turkey's total natural gas imports fell 32.7 percent to about 2.8 billion cubic metres. Azerbaijan stayed in second place with 752.4 million cubic metres (28.2 percent lower), while Russia sent 723.1 million cubic metres (60.6 percent lower), cutting its share from 44.5 to 26.1 percent. Turkey imported 383.8 million cubic metres of LNG from Algeria (28.5 percent higher) and received none from the United States. Turkey's natural gas consumption fell 22 percent in August to about 2.7 billion cubic metres. The figures cover August only and do not show Iranian exports in later months.