David O'Byrne has been covering Turkish and regional energy politics for over 20 years for specialist international energy and economics news agencies and publishers including Platts, Petroleum Argus, The Economist Intelligence Unit and Business Week. His reporting has appeared in The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Boston Globe and other publications. Over the past 15 years he has reported regularly for BBC World Service Radio, RTE Radio Ireland and France 24 TV.