Using the best fit validated ANN model, which was determined
above, the energy consumption predictions are forecasted until
2014 for Turkey. For different scenarios, differently forecasted data
of GDP, population, and trade volumes are considered. For the forecasted
GDP, the data from IMF [61] is used. The forecasted population
data is obtained from TURKSTAT [63]. TURKSTAT forecasted
Turkey’s population to be 75.8 million in 2014. The forecasted
socio-economic and demographic indicators are summarized in
Table 9. In this section of the study, five scenarios are used to estimate
the energy consumption in Turkey in the years 2008–2014.