Taner Yıldız

This article is part of the CoalSwarm coverage of Turkey and coal.

Sub-articles:

Planned large coal plants in Turkey Alpu power station Emba Hunutlu power station Proposed coal mines in Turkey Afşin-Elbistan lignite mines Opposition to coal in Turkey Existing coal plants in Turkey Existing coal mines in Turkey Turkish government agencies and energy policy EPDK: electricity industry regulator TETAŞ: supports domestic coal fired plants financially Privatisation of Turkey's power industry Power companies and agencies in Turkey EÜAŞ: state owned power stations Hattat Holding Yıldırım Group Coal mining companies and agencies in Turkey TTK: state owned hard coal mines TKI: state owned lignite mines Çelikler Holding Funding Chinese funding Garanti Bank Coal transport and infrastructure in Turkey Alternatives to coal in Turkey Translations of key Turkish coal and power generation related words

Taner Yildiz was the Energy and Natural Resources Minister in the Turkish government from 2009 to 2015. Yildiz is a member of the Justice and Development Party.

A biographical note states that he graduated from the Istanbul Technical University as an electrical engineer and worked with the Kayseri Electricity Generation Company. He was elected to Parliament in 2002. Taner Yıldız served as an energy adviser to the prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. On 1 May 2009, after a cabinet reshuffle he was appointed as Energy and Natural Resources Minister. He was succeeded in November 2015 by Berat Albayrak

Articles and resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Global use and production of coal
• International Information on Coal

External articles

Wikipedia also has an article on Taner Yıldız. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.