Turkey has more than 600 hot water springs, with surface temperatures ranging from 40-100 °C. Those hot springs are mainly situated along the major grabens at the Western Anatolia, along the Northern Anatolian Fault Zone, Central and Eastern Anatolia volcanic regions. Some surface manifestations of these resources such as Pamukkale/Denizli white travertine terraces, Kangal/Sivas psoriasis fishy treatment centre are well known throughout the world. Inhabitants of Anatolia used those thermal waters for their healing and medicinal properties for centuries. There were 226 spa centers in Turkey earlier than 1963 in which the first well was drilled in Turkey for the utilization of geothermal energy. It is therefore a vital issue to hand over those resources to the next generations along with the contemporary applications of geothermal energy.

In this paper the importance of the renewability of geothermal resources is emphasized.

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