The Union of Turkish Public Notaries ("Union") has clarified to notaries that a permit from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources ("Ministry") is not required to execute royalty agreements between license holders and third parties.

License holders producing electricity from renewable sources must submit their applications for Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism until 31th October 2014.

Procedures and principles have been introduced in Turkey for calculating target loss rates for determining technical or non-technical losses for electricity distribution companies, under the Electricity Market Tariffs Regulation.

The Turkish renewable energy sector has been under the spotlight for years, particularly following the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by the Republic of Turkey.

The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources ("Ministry") published an addendum ("Addendum") concerning general specifications and the draft contract of solar-based renewable energy resource areas...

Turkey has shown strong growth in the renewable energy market over the last decade and wind energy has been the main driving force of this growth.

Turkey's Constitutional Court recently dismissed an application seeking to cancel 13 articles of the Law Amending the Electricity Market Law and Certain Other Laws numbered 6719, dated 4 June 2016 ("Amendment Law").

The procedures and principles applicable to real and legal persons, who may produce unlicensed electricity are updated.

Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Board ("Board") has amended certain requirements for the Petroleum Pipeline Corporation's (BOTAS) operation of the national natural gas transmission pipeline network.

Turkey's energy regulatory has announced 2016 principles and methods for calculating electricity market operation revenues for the Energy Markets Operating Company ("EPIAS").

Turkey has announced its National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the 2017-2023 period ("Action Plan"). The Action Plan outlines 55 actions involving buildings and services, energy, transport, industry and ...

Turkey has published rules for merging separate mining licenses into Mining Zones, addressing issues such as taxation, cancellation, tender, re-licensing and determining investment costs to establish Mining Zones.

Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority has announced a proposal to remove a financial incentive for unlicensed electricity generation projects which use domestic products.

Turkey has extended the deadline for eligible energy projects to benefit from exemptions and discounts, adding five further years to become operational.

A unique code system has been introduced in Turkey to identify electricity consumption points, as well as for registering these points to the central Market Management System.

A number of changes are also made to requirements for pre-licenses.

Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Board has updated procedures and principles for profiles which will be used in conciliation calculations, to maintain the equilibrium between electricity supply and demand.

Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority ("Authority") has updated the methodology for determining government reimbursements for investments in building new electricity transmission facilities, as well as lines to connect production and consumption facilities to the transmission system.

Turkey has updated the regulatory regime related to the ancillary services necessary to ensure safe operation and quality standards for electricity transmission and distribution.

Turkey has introduced a new regulatory framework governing the sale and pricing of surplus electricity from unlicensed renewable energy facilities after their ten-year support period expires.