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TPAO

Turkish Petroleum Corporation ( , TPAO) has been established in order to perform hydrocarbon exploration, drilling, production, refinery and marketing activities on behalf of the Republic of Türkiye with the Law No. 6327 in 1954. TPAO contributed to the establishment of several companies in Turkey's petroleum industry, including PETKİM, TÜPRAŞ, BOTAŞ and Petrol Ofisi. TPAO continued exploration, production, refining, marketing and transportation activities until 1983 as an integrated oil company. TPAO has been acting as a publicly owned exploration and production oil company since the legal regulations made in 1983 and some other more recent changes. TPAO’s primary goal is to reduce Turkey’s oil and gas import.

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Turkish Petroleum Corporation ( , TPAO) has been established in order to perform hydrocarbon exploration, drilling, production, refinery and marketing activities on behalf of the Republic of Türkiye with the Law No. 6327 in 1954. TPAO contributed to the establishment of several companies in Turkey's petroleum industry, including PETKİM, TÜPRAŞ, BOTAŞ and Petrol Ofisi. TPAO continued exploration, production, refining, marketing and transportation activities until 1983 as an integrated oil company. TPAO has been acting as a publicly owned exploration and production oil company since the legal regulations made in 1983 and some other more recent changes. TPAO’s primary goal is to reduce Turkey’s oil and gas import.

Key claims

  1. employees: 3,700 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the employees is "3,700 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368998909

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