PM calls for more hydroelectric power plants

Turkey should build more dams and hydroelectric plants to reduce the country's dependence on foreign energy, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday in the Black Sea province of Rize. Speaking at the inauguration of Rize's Cevizlik hydroelectric power plant, Erdogan said Turkey's energy demands have grown with the rise of both manufacturing and consumption in the country. Erdogan added that they hope to boost annual energy production to 82 billion KWH, thus realizing 90 percent of Turkey's potential.