Putin suggests Turkey become regional ‘gas hub’ to Europe

ISTANBUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed offering Turkey new natural gas supplies to transform the country into a regional “gas hub” that controls gas flows to Europe.

During an exchange in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on the sidelines of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia Summit, Putin told Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey could become a hub “that determines gas prices.”