Private company

Electricity Generation Company

Logo: EÜAŞ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Electricity generating and trading organisation owned by the Turkish state

The Electricity Generation Company (Turkish: Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.; EÜAŞ) is the largest electric power company in Turkey. As a SOE, it operates within the national electricity market, generating and selling electricity throughout the country.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1
  • Industrypublic utility1
  • HeadquartersAnkara1
  • Websitewww.euas.gov.tr
  • Legal formpublic enterprise1

The Electricity Generation Company (Turkish: Elektrik Üretim A.Ş.; EÜAŞ) is the largest electric power company in Turkey. As a SOE, it operates within the national electricity market, generating and selling electricity throughout the country.2

The story

EÜAŞ was founded by the government in 2001. Its main purpose was to plan and implement the energy policy of Turkey which, through the exploitation of the domestic products and resources, would distribute cheap electric power to all Turkish citizens. In 2018, it took over the state-owned electricity trading firm TETAŞ.

From Wikipedia’s article on Electricity Generation Company (Turkey), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • lignite

Listed on Wikidata.1

As of 2019, EUAŞ owns almost a fifth of Turkey's total generating capacity including coal, gas, hydro and wind power stations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Electricity Generation Company (Turkey), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2001Founded Founded1

Sources

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