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Power Plants in Turkey

Turkey has 163 power plants on the map, adding up to about 51 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is solar. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS163
TOTAL CAPACITY51 GW
MOST COMMON FUELSolar

By fuel

How Turkey’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Solar68 · 42% · 698 MW
Hydro28 · 17% · 14 GW
Coal24 · 15% · 18 GW
Gas21 · 13% · 17 GW
Geothermal11 · 7% · 480 MW
Wind8 · 5% · 391 MW
Oil3 · 2% · 843 MW

Largest power plants in Turkey

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

2,795 MWAfşin Elbistan Termik SantraliCoal
2,400 MWAtatürk DamHydro
2,090 MWZonguldak Eren (ZETES)Coal
1,800 MWKarakaya DamHydro
1,595 MWEnka Gebze Doğalgaz SantraliGas
1,520 MWEnka İzmir Doğalgaz SantraliGas
1,432 MWBursa Doğalgaz SantraliGas
1,351 MWAmbarlı B Doğalgaz SantraliGas
1,330 MWKeban DamHydro
1,320 MWCenal power stationCoal2017
1,210 MWİsken Sugözü power stationCoal
1,200 MWIlısu DamHydro

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