Privatization in the Energy Sector: Governance in a Competitive Market? Faruk Ataay In this study, the privatisations in the energy sector are analysed in the framework of the restructuration of the state. In analysing the transformations in the energy sector, the organization of the sector during the period of planning and the one which is actually being constructed are compared. The study then focuses on topics like the juridical status of the services concerning the energy sector, the organizational form in the public sector, the relations between the public sector and the private sector. It also questions whether or not the new model is able to provide “a competitive market” structure as the discourse on privatisation suggests and whether or not the “governance” mechanism can really be seen as a progress for democratic purposes.