Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar outlined Turkey's targets for increasing natural gas production capacity in the Black Sea.
Minister Bayraktar stated that natural gas production in the Black Sea will double by the end of this year and quadruple by 2028.
Emphasizing that Turkey has the world's fourth largest drilling fleet, Bayraktar said they are also conducting intensive work in Somalia, Pakistan, Libya and Syria.
Bayraktar said that with the end of energy import dependency, Turkey will become a much stronger, more prosperous and developed country economically.