Alparslan Bayraktar

The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, emphasized Turkey's hydrocarbon exploration efforts in the Mediterranean during a speech at an AKP conference in Trabzon on Sunday.

Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom has announced plans to sue Siemens, alleging the German company failed to deliver prepaid equipment for the first unit of an under-construction nuclear power plant in Türkiye.

The Fatih drilling vessel will carry out exploration activities near the Türkiye-Bulgaria exclusive economic zone, south of the Sakarya Gas Field in the Black Sea, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.

The Fatih drilling ship found natural gas in June 2021 in the Black Sea.

Türkiye may provide electricity to Syria and Lebanon, depending on the situation in the transmission network, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said.

Speaking to reporters in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, Bayraktar said that a Turkish delegation is in Damascus to evaluate Syria's energy infrastructure.

A delegation from the Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Ministry will soon visit Syria to conduct evaluations on the country's electricity and energy infrastructure, Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.

"The foremost issue concerning energy in Syria is electricity. A formula will be devised to ensure its provision," Bayraktar told reporters on Dec. 24.

The United States has granted an exemption to Turkey and Hungary, allowing them to continue making payments for Russian natural gas supplied through Gazprombank, despite the sanctions imposed on the Russian bank.

The United States has exempted Türkiye from sanctions imposed on Russia's Gazprombank JSC, thereby allowing Ankara to proceed with its natural gas payments, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced that more than 350 Turkish nuclear engineers are now actively working at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

"Türkiye, with its highly trained nuclear engineers, is taking a decisive step towards energy independence," Bayraktar stated, highlighting the strategic importance of the project.

A long-dormant pipeline project between Türkiye and Qatar could be revived following the fall of the decades-long Assad regime, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alpraslan Bayraktar has said.

The government will take steps to shorten the authorization processes in the mining industry to improve the investment environment, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said.

Speaking at the Türkiye Mining Summit in Istanbul, the minister noted that it takes as long as 13 years for a metallic mine site to become operational.