Coal in Turkey Wikipedia
Coal mining in Turkey began in 1848 around Zonguldak, a city on the country''s Black Sea coast, during the Ottoman Empire. The first customer of Turkey''s coal industry was the Ottoman Navy, followed in the Crimean War by the British Royal Navy.. The first power station was Siltarağa Power Station, which opened in called SantralIstanbul, it is an arts and culture center that includes ...