A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation

Gül, Hasan Hüseyin Miraç; Ercan, Hakan; Akınoğlu, Bülent; Açıkgöz, Şenay

doi:10.3390/en18040951

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A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation

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Hasan Hüseyin Miraç Gül

^1,2,*

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Hakan Ercan

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Bülent Akınoğlu

^4,* and

Şenay Açıkgöz

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Sigun Ekolojik Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti., Ankara 06815, Türkiye

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Earth System Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye

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Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye

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Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye

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Department of Econometrics, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara 06570, Türkiye

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Energies 2025, 18(4), 951; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040951

Submission received: 10 January 2025 / Revised: 2 February 2025 / Accepted: 8 February 2025 / Published: 17 February 2025

(This article belongs to the Section B1: Energy and Climate Change)

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Countries prioritize secure and cheap energy over clean energy in their energy policies, and Türkiye is no different. The Strategy Plan 2015–2019 of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources emphasizes the exploitation of domestic coal for energy security, while Türkiye intends to curb its emissions by 41% by 2030. These two targets contradict in terms of climate change mitigation. In retrospect, this study aims to determine the role of coal, wind, and solar power in energy policy-making through scenario analyses. The results indicate that if Türkiye continued its pre-2020 energy policy, its use of domestic coal would be important for energy security. On the other hand, both wind and solar have the capacity to contribute to the country’s efforts towards energy security and climate change mitigation.

Keywords: Türkiye; energy policy; energy security; climate change mitigation; electricity

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Gül, H.H.M.; Ercan, H.; Akınoğlu, B.; Açıkgöz, Ş. A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation. Energies 2025, 18, 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040951

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Gül HHM, Ercan H, Akınoğlu B, Açıkgöz Ş. A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation. Energies. 2025; 18(4):951. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040951

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Gül, Hasan Hüseyin Miraç, Hakan Ercan, Bülent Akınoğlu, and Şenay Açıkgöz. 2025. "A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation" Energies 18, no. 4: 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040951

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Gül, H. H. M., Ercan, H., Akınoğlu, B., & Açıkgöz, Ş. (2025). A Retrospective Assessment of Türkiye’s Recent Energy Policy in Terms of Energy Security and Climate Change Mitigation. Energies, 18(4), 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18040951

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