After a year marked by some of the biggest energy breakthroughs in its recent history, Tรผrkiye plans to build further momentum in 2026 by ramping up domestic production, expanding renewable capacity and deepening international cooperation.
Ankara has been seeking to diversify its energy mix and reduce its heavy reliance on imports by investing in exploration at home and abroad.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says 2026 "will be the year we open a new era in oil and natural gas exploration."
Black Sea gas output set to double
Three years into Tรผrkiye's launch of gas production from the vast gas reserve in the Black Sea, daily output reached around 10 million cubic meters (mcm) in 2025, enough to supply 4 million households.
That marked the completion of the first phase of the Sakarya gas field project.
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