The EU Council adopted on Thursday 27 February sanctions against two persons linked to unauthorised drilling activities carried out by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The two men are officials from the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO). The first is Mehmet Ferruh Akalin, Vice President of TPAO, who heads the company’s ‘Exploration’, ‘R&D Centre’ and ‘Information Technology’ departments and in this capacity is responsible for the planning, direction and implementation of...