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ENERGETIC steps are now being taken by the Government to open up the market in the southeast corner of Europe to British industry. According to the Electrical Times of May 2, one of the first results of this active trade policy was shown by the recent announcement of the signing of a contract between the Turkish Government institution known as the Eti-Bank and the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co., Ltd., which has a value of approximately one and a half million pounds. A few details of the contract are available. It covers the electrification of a large and important area, including the construction of a power station at Catalagzi on the Anatolian coast of the Black Sea. One of the main objects of the scheme is the provision of electric power for the modernization and expansion of the Turkish coal industry, and the site of the power station has been chosen for its proximity to the Zonguldak coal basin, from which the station fuel will be derived. The present contract includes the building and equipment of a 60,000 kw. steam power station, and the provision of switchgear, overhead lines and three substations for a transmission system about 16 km. in length. Provision is to be made for the extension of the scheme at some future date.
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Power Development in Turkey. Nature 145, 891 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145891a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145891a0