Energi Rettferdighet i Praksis: En Komparativ Studie av Türkiye og Norge

Abstract

Energy justice is one of the most questionable concepts when it comes to transition from conventional to unconventional resources. It’s even possible to see natural massacres in democratically developed countries. This study will question which factors lead those nature unfriendly decisions with comparison of different cases from Turkiye and Norway which have unique energy portfolios to make them interesting for this study. Such as the biggest renewable energy country in Europe frequently referred to as the green battery of Europe: Norway. The country which has the one of the biggest energy potentials in Europe however still has its own domestic problems such as economic and democratic: Turkey. These two countries had been picked for this study because they are both recognized as European countries, however both of them are staying outside of the European Union. In this case Norway staying outside of Europe with her own will as decided in the 1994 referendum. Norway is a part of the European Economic Community (EEC) and part of the Schengen area. On the other hand Turkiye has been a European Union candidate country since 1949, not a member of EEC nor Schengen area however since did not withdraw from the candidate status, and had progression on completing chapters for joining the EU, still faced with some obstruction since then. However, both of these countries have close partnerships both economically, socially and politically with the European Union. One of the purposes of this study is analyzing from the energy justice part how the peripherals of the European Union are doing in the Energy Justice area. The other purpose is can Norway become a good example for Turkiye in energy justice wise since Norway is staying in the top of the World Democracy Index 2023 with an overall score of 9.81 out of 10 and be in full democracy category whereas in the same index Turkiye stays under the “Hybrid Regime” category with an overall score of 4.33 (EIU, 2024).

Energy justice is one of the most questionable concepts when it comes to transition from conventional to unconventional resources. It’s even possible to see natural massacres in democratically developed countries. This study will question which factors lead those nature unfriendly decisions with comparison of different cases from Turkiye and Norway which have unique energy portfolios to make them interesting for this study. Such as the biggest renewable energy country in Europe frequently referred to as the green battery of Europe: Norway. The country which has the one of the biggest energy potentials in Europe however still has its own domestic problems such as economic and democratic: Turkey. These two countries had been picked for this study because they are both recognized as European countries, however both of them are staying outside of the European Union. In this case Norway staying outside of Europe with her own will as decided in the 1994 referendum. Norway is a part of the European Economic Community (EEC) and part of the Schengen area. On the other hand Turkiye has been a European Union candidate country since 1949, not a member of EEC nor Schengen area however since did not withdraw from the candidate status, and had progression on completing chapters for joining the EU, still faced with some obstruction since then. However, both of these countries have close partnerships both economically, socially and politically with the European Union. One of the purposes of this study is analyzing from the energy justice part how the peripherals of the European Union are doing in the Energy Justice area. The other purpose is can Norway become a good example for Turkiye in energy justice wise since Norway is staying in the top of the World Democracy Index 2023 with an overall score of 9.81 out of 10 and be in full democracy category whereas in the same index Turkiye stays under the “Hybrid Regime” category with an overall score of 4.33 (EIU, 2024).