In an interview with pv magazine, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish PV association Günder, Mehmet İzzet Özaydın, explained that Türkiye’s solar market is being driven by strong industrial demand and a competitiveness-focused investment culture.
Türkiye’s solar sector continues to expand rapidly, with nearly 2 GW of new capacity added in the first four months of the year. While deployment momentum remains strong, the market appears to be transitioning from a rapid boom toward a more structured and policy-shaping phase.
Speaking to pv magazine at the Smarter E event in Munich, Germany, Mehmet İzzet Özaydın, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish PV association Günder, said the market is being driven primarily by private-sector demand for cost reduction and energy security via unlicensed solar power plants, with solar increasingly viewed as a core industrial asset rather than a discretionary investment.
“Companies see solar as a way to permanently reduce operating costs and remain competitive,” he stated.
Policy shift toward domestic manufacturing
