In his first post-election statement, President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated the intention to implement the natural gas hub project in Turkiye. “We will strengthen Turkiye’s positions as an international hub even further. Actually, Mr. Putin mentioned again [creation] of the hub in the region of Thrace in Turkiye in his congratulatory message. We will do that together with them. There will be a hub in Thrace,” Erdogan said, addressing the population in the Bestepe presidential complex.