Turkey will hold a natural gas summit to bring together gas supplier countries and Europe's consumer countries in Istanbul next month.

Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said today that supplier countries from the Middle East, Mediterranean, Caspian and Middle Asia with consumer countries from Europe will participate in the summit.

Turkey, which has little oil and gas, is highly dependent on imports from Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as LNG imports from Qatar, the United States, Nigeria and Algeria for its gas.