Ankara buys almost 60 percent of its total gas from Russia. If the latter stops the supplies, Turkish companies will have to suspend their activities and tens of thousands of homes will remain without heat, the newspaper wrote.
Turkish experts soothe the population, saying that Russia's energy policy does not always coincide with its foreign policy. According to Istanbul Professor Akin Ünver, there should be the same logic as after the South Ossetian conflict in 2008, when Russia continued its energy supplies to Georgia despite the fact that relations between the countries were rapidly deteriorating.
Russia introduced a set of economic measures against Turkey in response to the incident with its Su-24 bomber jet, which was brought down by an air-to-air missile while carrying out precision strikes on terrorist positions in northern Syria. In particular, Russia has prohibited the import of certain products from Turkey and imposed travel restrictions, halting most trips by Russian citizens to the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that Turkey "will not be let off with just tomatoes" for downing of Russian Su-24.
Therefore, one can only guess what negative consequences await Turkey in the future, Tagesschau concluded.
