The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) transports gas from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz 2 field and other southern Caspian fields to Türkiye and Europe. Together with the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), it forms the Southern Gas Corridor.

TANAP construction comprises four lots. Lot 1 runs from Türkgözü, Posof, Ardahan to Toplaçavuş, Aşkale, Erzurum; Lot 2 from Güneyçam, Aşkale to Ekecik, Yıldızeli, Sivas; Lot 3 from Şeyhalil–Selçuklu, Yıldızeli to Kıravdan, Odunpazarı, Eskişehir; and Lot 4 from Karapazar, Odunpazarı to Sarıçalı, İpsala, Edirne, approximately 510 km.

Services under TANAP Lot 4 include:

• Trial and rescue excavations under relevant museum directorates, desk studies, fieldwork, reporting and consultations with authorities,
• Documentation, recording, protection and recovery of archaeological finds identified during trial excavations or construction, including all necessary materials and services.