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Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has said the discount for Russian gas for Turkey may increase more than 6 percent in the future, depending on market prices and the realization of joint gas projects, RIA Novosti has reported.

Novak noted that Turkey had been asking for a discount of 15 percent for gas.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the discount for Russian gas for Turkey may be bigger than 6 percent in the future, depending on market prices and realization of joint gas projects, RIA Novosti reports.

Novak noted that Turkey had been asking for a discount of 15 percent for gas.

Hope is waning of saving 18 Turkish miners trapped by a flood in a mine in the south of the country, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız acknowledged on Oct. 30, as rescue efforts entered a third day.
      

The construction of the nuclear power plant in Akkuyu will start next spring, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız stated in a press conference on Oct. 10.

The process to begin the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant has accelerated, said Taner Yıldız, the Turkish energy minister.

Two bodyguards of Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız were among the
group who attacked two rally car drivers in the western city of Ä°zmir on June
22, Energy Ministry officials have confirmed to daily Hürriyet.

Iraq has requested to fill its gasoline gap with fuel from Turkey after the shutdown of the country’s biggest oil refinery amid clashes with armed insurgents, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız has said.