Why Energy Market Liberalisation is Essential for Turkey to Embark on Climate-Energy Policy Integration in the EU

Year 2019, Volume: 33 Issue: 4, 1167 - 1185, 25.10.2019

Feza Sencer Çörtoğlu , İşıl Şirin Selçuk

Abstract

The
climate policy is an inter-sectoral policy area which requires integration of
climate policy with several policy areas. This paper looks at the Climate
Policy Integration (CIP) from the perspective of climate and energy policy
integration. Initially, it is aimed to make conceptual clarification of policy
integration and to analyze the main features of CIP. Furthermore, in this paper
the role of energy market liberalisation as a milestone for climate and energy
integration within the overall process of EU Climate Policy is also examined.
By considering the energy market liberalisation as a crucial stage for EU climate-energy
policy integration, Turkey’s climate policy in general and the results of
energy market liberalisation by taking into account the
share of renewable energy sources of the country are explored in order to
evaluate Turkey’s ability to align itself to EU Climate Policy.

Keywords

Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Policy Integration

Enerji Piyasasının Liberalizasyonunun Türkiye’nin AB’nin İklim ile Enerji Politikalarının Bütünleşmesine İntibak Etmesindeki Önemi

Abstract

İklim politikası, sektörler-arası bir politika
alanı olarak iklim politikasının çeşitli politika alanları ile bütünleşmesini
gerektirmektedir. Bu çalışma İklim Politikasının Bütünleşmesi’ne (İPB) iklim ve
enerji politikalarının bütünleşmesi açısından bakmaktadır. İlk olarak çalışmada,
politikanın bütünleşmesinin kavramsal açıklamasının yapılması ve İPB’nin temel
özelliklerinin analiz edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Bunun yanında enerji
piyasasının liberalizasyonunun, iklim ile enerji politikalarının
bütünleşmesinde köşe taşı olması, AB İklim Politikasının genel gelişimi
açısından ele alınmaktadır. Enerji piyasasının liberalizasyonunun AB iklim ile
enerji politikalarının bütünleşmesinde oynadığı kritik rolü dikkate alarak, genel
olarak Türkiye’nin iklim politikası ve yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarının
ülkedeki payı hesaba katılarak enerji piyasasının liberalizasyonu, Türkiye’nin
AB İklim Politikasına intibak etme yeteneğinin değerlendirilmesi bakımından incelenmektedir.  

Keywords

İklim Politikası, Enerji Politikası, Politikanın Bütünleşmesi

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