According to the statement of the Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources claim, that pipeline is not Turkey's property, and therefore Turkey have no authority to dispose of it.

It is merely a transit passage country; Turkey earn $1.27 per barrel of oil and are bound by the contract with hefty penalty clauses.

While Gaza was being relentlessly bombed, the courtiers who accused the young activists calling for the shutdown of that pipeline carrying oil to Israel of being "Iranian agents" were all parroting these lines in unison 2-3 years ago.

Back then, after getting dumped by their "brother" Aliyev whom they'd wrapped their arms around, enlightenment dawned on all of the, and suddenly all Erdogan apologists who claim that they support Gaza/Palestine, started claiming that the BTC pipeline could be cut off whenever desired.