After Campaigning on Free Natural Gas, Erdogan Hikes Prices by 38%
Turkey’s state energy operator BOTA? Petroleum Pipeline Corporation has announced that it will increase natural gas prices for residential use by 38%, starting 1st August. BOTA? will also increase gas prices to small to medium-sized industrial customers whose annual natural gas consumption is 300,000 cubic meters or less by 33.1%. The company says it reached its decision "taking into account market conditions, market price stability, the Energy Market Regulatory Authority's (EPDK) decisions regarding tariffs and changes in purchasing-operating…