ETO PRESIDENT GÜLER SHARED ESKİŞEHİR'S DEMANDS WITH MINISTER BAYRAKTAR

In a meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar, ETO President Metin Güler communicated the demands of Eskişehir, including maintaining energy costs, establishing a Bor Institute in Eskişehir, and creating an ecosystem to efficiently utilize the Rare Earth Elements found in the region.

Minister Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar met with ETO members along with his accompanying delegation. The meeting was attended by Eskişehir Governor Hüseyin Aksoy, AK Party Eskişehir MP Fatih Dönmez, AK Party Provincial Chairman Gürhan Albayrak, and the AK Party delegation.

ETO President Güler Called for Stable Energy Costs

During the meeting, ETO President Metin Güler thanked Minister Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar for providing an opportunity to express the demands and expectations of ETO members. Güler emphasized the importance of energy costs for traders and industrialists, stating that if energy costs remain stable, Turkish businesspeople will be able to compete more easily on a global scale. He highlighted the need for the establishment of a Bor Institute to enable more efficient use of boron, which holds significant importance for Eskişehir. Güler also pointed out the necessity of creating an ecosystem for processing the Rare Earth Elements found in Eskişehir and stated that they are awaiting approval from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources for the allocation of land necessary for the growth of the Eskişehir Organized Industrial Zone.

We Are Making New Investments to Reduce Dependence on Foreign Energy

Minister Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar noted that Turkey is 67% dependent on foreign energy and 92% on oil and natural gas. He indicated that new investments are planned to reduce this dependency. Bayraktar stated that energy expenditures are increasing Turkey’s foreign trade deficit and that the activation of oil in Gabar and natural gas in the Sakarya gas field will help reduce foreign dependency. He mentioned that Gabar has a daily production of 37,000 barrels of oil and that they aim to increase this to 100,000 barrels. He stressed the need for Turkey to discover new oil fields to meet its daily oil needs and stated that with new investments and renewable energy initiatives, Turkey would break free from foreign dependency, affirming that the ministry is working with this vision.

We Are Working to Bring Eskişehir’s Underground Resources into the Economy

Bayraktar announced that a facility has been established to turn the boron mined in Eskişehir into value-added products and that they also want to convert the Rare Earth Elements into production. He remarked that the underground resources of Eskişehir are a national treasure and that they are working to turn these underground riches into production and bring them into the economy.