**6. Conclusions**

Turkish energy market is currently the scene of important changes. The Country established a new national energy plan based on diversification of supplies, the start of nuclear energy production and development of renewable energy and energy efficiency. It seems to move towards a low carbon energy sector: In this context, it has three main strategies: increasing energy efficiency and renewable energy use in addition increasing natural gas use. This implies Turkey is stepping up its engagement on climate change internationally and nationally.

It has taken some important steps to promote the use of renewable energy resources. The Country's renewable energy policies are in a consistency with EU Energy Policies and global trends like energy efficiency and market liberalization policies. It is clearly seen the country is heading in the right direction. However, its deliberate policy has caused relatively slow progress in the realization of its aims. This may cause Turkey to miss the technological leapfrogging (Saygn, 2006) opportunity presented by emerging paradigm for developing countries. In this context, Turkey has remained behind other leading developing countries like China and India.
