Hurriyet Daily reported that Gazprom of Russia is increasing the amount of natural gas it transfers to Turkey.

Mr Sergei Kupriyanov spokesman of company said that the transfer of natural gas to Turkey via the Blue Stream pipeline had been doubled to 37 million cubic meters recently.

Mr Kupriyanov said that Gazprom increased the amount after an explosion occurred on the Iran and Turkey natural gas pipeline. There was a rise in Gazprom's natural gas transfer to Turkey. The situation showed the Turkish economy was rapidly recovering after the global economic crisis.

He said that the explosion on the Iran and Turkey natural gas pipeline increased Turkey's natural gas demands on Russia.

(Sourced from Hurriyetdailynews.com)