Historically, the agriculture sector has been Turkey’s largest employer and a major contributor to the country’s GDP, although its share of the economy has fallen consistently over several decades. In 1999, it accounted for 15% of GDP, while employing about half of the labour force. Although the sector has grown over time, the growth has...
Looking Back 2022: An increase in the use of renewable energy Looking Forward 2023: Looking Forward (Predictive) 2023 Presidential Election 2022 has been a difficult year for Turkey in many aspects. The local currency, Turkish Lira, has lost significant value against all the hard currencies and inflation has exceeded 100% per year. In addition...
The electricity grid systems include three distinct components, often hundreds or thousands of miles apart—generation, transmission, and distribution. In many cases, the location of the generation and the concentration of the consumption of power are quite distant from each other. This has been the case in Turkey particularly when the country was hugely dependent on...
Prosperity, specifically in developed countries, due to the global industry has inevitably caused energy crises and environmental pollution. These issues demand close attention to be resolved sooner than later. The amount of energy produced and consumed is an important parameter affecting the level of emission as well as the source of the energy, i.e., coal...
In 2001 the number of registered vehicles in Turkey was 8.5 million with an average increase of 1 million vehicles per year. However, in 2022 that number exceeded 25 million, corresponding to a 3-fold increase. Nearly half of the registered vehicles are passenger cars with a share of 56%; the rest of the registered vehicles...
Changes in the climate may differ from region to region in the world. Regional changes could differ from the global trend as well. If we compare the change in temperature in Turkey with that of the globe, we can see some important differences. We find that the recent increasing temperature trends in Turkey start after...
Firstly, after an extended autumn, the winter season started later than usual in most of the country. It continued until mid-May in the western part of Turkey, including Istanbul, which is unusual. On the 19th of May, a heavy snowstorm hit Istanbul paralyzing the whole city and delaying the early summer. This resulted in low...
Turkey has one of the largest populations in the region, exceeding 85 million. Of this population, almost one third is below 25 and 15 % is between 15-25 years of age which is defined as youth. Turkey has the highest youth population in Europe. Environmental and social awareness is much higher among educated youth, particularly...
Turkey ranked as the seventh biggest gas-consuming country in the world with 47.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of consumption in 2020 which was 6.5% more than 2019, according to data of the Natural Gas Distribution Companies Association of Turkey. 2021 natural gas consumption was around 2020 levels. However, Turkey’s gas consumption estimates for 2022 shows an 18.8% rise. Turkey is heavily...
Turkey has been very dependent on Russian natural sources for energy. Russia has been the major supplier of natural gas for Turkey through the pipelines crossing Black Sea and Eastern Europe. Turkey is importing over 60 billion m3 of natural gas mostly from Russia and partly from Algeria and Nigeria as LNG. Significant amount of...
