New approaches in street lightings in Turkey

Turkey Electricity Distribution Service Operators(DSO) have the responsibility of operation and maintenance of street lighting systems. Since they are privatized by Transfer of Operating Rights (TOOR) method, lighting and their efficiency becomes an issue in between DSO´s and Turkey Energy Ministry. In this work first of all, lighting history is researched within the world and specifically in Turkey. After that while traditional lighting systems and regulatory perspective is observed, new smart lighting systems and their cost-benefit analysis are researched within existing pilot projects as well.