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Country profile: Turkey
Location: | Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia |
Climate: | temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior |
Terrain: | high central plateau (Anatolia); narrow coastal plain; several mountain ranges |
Size: | 780580 sq. km total (Land area: 770760 sq. km Water area: 9820 sq.km) |
Population: | 71,892,807 (July 2008 est.) |
Languages: | Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey |
Government: | republican parliamentary democracy |
Capital city: | Ankara |
Legal system: | civil law system derived from various European continental legal systems; note - member of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), although Turkey claims limited derogations on the ratified European Convention on Human Rights |
Currency: | Turkish lira (TRY); old Turkish lira (TRL) before |
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Energy production and consumption
Oil | Gas | |
Production: | 45,460 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 860 million cu m (2005 est.) |
Consumption: | 660,800 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 26 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Exports: | 112,600 bbl/day (2005 est.) | |
Imports: | 724,400 bbl/day (2005 est.) | 25 billion cu m (2005 est.) |
Reserves: | 300 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 8 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
Major fields: |
Turkey - recent news
13 May 24 |
Turkey: Subsea Integration Alliance awarded contract offshore Türkiye Subsea 7 has announced the award of a large contract by Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center AS (TP-OTC) relating to the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye. |
25 Apr 24 |
Turkey: Trillion Energy announces 2023 year end reserve report Trillion Energy International has provided a summary and highlights of its December 31, 2023 year-end reserve report. Total proved plus probable conventional natural gas reserves increased to 55.75 Bcf up from 42.5 Bcf (2022), an increase of 31% from 2022. Total proved plus probable oil reserves of 240 Mbbl of oil for Cendere oil field compared to 252 Mbbl of oil in 2022. |
15 Apr 24 |
Turkey: Nordex Group receives 80 MW order from Borusan EnBW Enerji in Türkiye The Nordex Group received an order to supply 14 N163/5.X turbines from Borusan EnBW Enerji, a leading developer and operator of wind energy projects in Türkiye. The Delta4000 series turbines are projected for the 80 MW Pelit wind farm in the Sivas Province. |
08 Apr 24 |
Turkey: Trillion Energy provides operational update for SASB gas field Trillion Energy International has provided an operational update for the SASB gas field. Trillion is starting the SASB revitalization project where a total of 49 metres of new gas pay will be perforated in Guluc-2, South Akcakoca-2, West Akcakoca-1 and Akcakoca-3 prior to the installation of the artificial gas lift. |
07 Feb 24 |
Turkey: UKOG provides Pinarova-1 testing update UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) has announced that, following successful reperforating and extensive swab testing at Pinarova-1 by operator Aladdin Middle East, it has been mutually concluded that, in the absence of commercial rates of hydrocarbons, no further testing will take place. |
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