Turkey’s new energy targets announced by Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz in Ankara at parliament’s 2015 budget meetings on Thursday.
Yildiz said mining according to international standards will be guaranteed and all mining procedures will be done via electronic state, e-state until the end of 2016.
Minister said, "The amount of drilling done by the state willl be increased up to 200 thousand meters for non-energy resources by the end of 2019."
He added, a national strategy paper will be prepared for raw materials until the end of 2015.
Yildiz stated that they also aim to increase the production of processed commodities, as well as their exports.
By Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu
Anadolu Agency