Turkey is preparing to enter the offshore wind market with a first tender of 1,000 MW, which the government intends to hold in the first quarter of 2027. Installed offshore capacity is targeted to reach 5 GW by 2035.
A draft of the offshore Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender has been released. It includes long-term licensing provisions and a proposed electricity price range of USD 0.07 to 0.11 per kWh. Four areas are covered, all in the Aegean off the country’s north-western coast: near Saros Bay, around the islands of Gökçeada and Bozcaada, and at Edremit.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said the full tender details would be announced in September, with the auction following in early 2027. Offshore wind now forms part of a wider national target of 120 GW of combined solar and wind capacity by 2035.
The move matters beyond Turkey. Europe’s offshore supply chain — vessels, foundations, cables, blades — is already tight, and a new 5 GW market competing for the same fabrication slots and installation vessels adds pressure at exactly the point when Baltic projects are scaling. Turkey also has domestic manufacturing to draw on, including Nordex’s rotor blade production, which may absorb some of that demand locally rather than exporting it to northern European yards.
Source: IWR Energieletter 33/2026 and public tender reporting.
