Turkey has made an oil start to 2014 with the discoveries of 3 oil reserves in 3 different parts of the country. In addition, Iraqi Kurds announced that 12 million barrels of crude oil will be pumped to Turkey from end of January 2014. Turkey has announced its own agenda to start serious explorations for crude oil. A key player in Iraqi Kurdish oil will be newly formed Genel Energy of Rothschild merging Turkish Genel Energy International with an IPO backed entity. Will the discovery of new oil reserves have an impact on property prices in Turkey?