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Turkey has been growing fairly rapidly since the 1980s; energy demand has increased accordingly, albeit at slower rates than in emerging economies such as China thanks to Turkey’s lower energy intensity. Turkey does not have significant production of oil and gas; and most of domestic coal production is lignite, which has lower heat value. As such, the country’s dependence on imported energy has increased over the years from just crude oil and oil products to natural gas since 1986 and coal more recently. As with all import-dependent countries, energy security has been a primary driver of Turkish energy strategies. But, energy security seems to have gained a renewed importance with the price of oil seemingly having reached a higher plateau since 2003–2004.
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This approach is based on USAID (2008), authored by Dr. Gülen and his colleagues at the Center for Energy Economics.
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For example, J.C. Jansen et al. (2004), von Hirschhausen (2005), and APERC (2007).
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For example, see Foss (2011).
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See EDAM (2011) for a detailed discussion of the selected technology and other considerations.
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Atiyas, I., Çetin, T., Gülen, G. (2012). Policy Recommendations for Turkish Energy Future. In: Reforming Turkish Energy Markets. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0290-9_5
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