Tento nový „Turecký tok“ je alternativou k černomořskému plynovodu „Jižní tok“ (South Stream) z Ruska do Bulharska – záměru, od něhož Kreml v prosinci ustoupil, v reakci na sankce, jež Evropská unie zavedla po ruské invazi na Ukrajinu a anexi Krymu.
This new “Turkish Stream" is an alternative to the “South Stream" Black Sea pipeline from Russia to Bulgaria – a project that the Kremlin abandoned in December, in response to the sanctions imposed by the European Union after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.