market overview eligible consumer october 2016 prices offer form faq power about us what is free consumer register procedure faq conceptions media news photo gallery publishing career our hr policy open positions contact us energy bourse shares collect 114 firm application a total of 114 companies have made bids to acquire shares in the company that will be founded to manage turkey s new energy bourse the head of the country s energy watchdog has announced . energy market regulation board epdk chairman mustafa y lmaz said 114 electricity and natural gas companies that want to own stakes in the energy markets business corporation epi a have applied to the epdk . epi a is designated to serve as the sole energy exchange of turkey and will be integrated into borsa istanbul the umbrella institution that all the exchanges in turkey operate within . while the turkish electricity transmission company tei a and borsa istanbul will own 30 percent each the remaining 40 percent portion of the bourse will be allocated to the private sector . in a written statement released on aug. 3 y lmaz said 100 of the applicant companies operate in electricity sector while 14 of them are natural gas firms . the total amount of demanded share for the 61.57 million turkish lira capital company is calculated as 63.89 million units according to initial findings he added . y lmaz said the epdk would review the applications within the epi a partnership articles and related regulations and finalize its decision . the chairman said epi a s mission was to ensure efficient transparent and credible planning develop and manage organized wholesale markets maintain fair and reliable price creation and encourage new investments . istanbul 16 10 21 16 17 10 17 13 18 10 16 13 2015 bosphorus gaz corporation a. .