U.S. officials ask Turkey to seek energy alternatives (Reuters)

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media as he stands in front of a portrait of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, after a meeting with newly elected President Abdullah Gul in Ankara, August 29, 2007. United States officials fresh from a regional energy conference said on Saturday Turkish plans to produce natural gas in Iran should be replaced with projects with other regional suppliers Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. (Umit Bektas/Reuters)Reuters - United States officials fresh from a regional energy conference said on Saturday Turkish plans to produce natural gas in Iran should be replaced with projects with other regional suppliers Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.