"Turkey's wind may answer energy problems
Monday, July 30, 2007
Anna Olejarczyk
Turkish Daily News - İzmir
Ergün Özakat is tired but he is not giving up. His battle is not over. It moves him that in the past 50 years energy in Turkey has not been handled properly. He sits facing the Aegean Sea on his back terrace, wind washing over his face while he nods his head towards the sea. He wants you to know the importance of the Çesme coast.�The potential for Turkish wind is unbelievable, but only the foreigners believe it,� said Özakat. �We in Turkey are always a slow waker. As soon as we find out something, people rush for it. Turkey's character is very much like that. You don't see it but when you do, you go very much for it.�Here on the Çesme coastline, the pioneer in wind energy began his fight in 1960 and only succeeded in 1993 in building of 12 windmills. "
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