ANKARA A total of 153 oil exploration wells will be drilled this year, mainly in the southeastern city of Şırnak's Gabar region, as well as in Van, Diyarbakır and along the northern Türkiye-Syria border, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said. Türkiye's daily oil production reached 132,000 barrels by the beginning of March 2025, as the country expands its energy operations with new wells and equipment to increase domestic production and meet growing demand, the minister told state-run