Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has announced that more than 350 Turkish nuclear engineers are now actively working at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

"Türkiye, with its highly trained nuclear engineers, is taking a decisive step towards energy independence," Bayraktar stated, highlighting the strategic importance of the project.

Türkiye aims to have 7,200 megawatts of nuclear power by 2035, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said, adding that without nuclear energy the country is unlikely to meet its 2052 net-zero target.

"We need to build two more reactors until 2035 in order to achieve this target," he told daily Milliyet.

Speaking in person, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday offered condolences to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over a terrorist attack in the capital Ankara that has taken the lives of four people.

Hungary is keen to expand bilateral energy cooperation with Ankara, Hungarian Ambassador in Ankara Viktor Matis has told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Matis said the bilateral agreement between Türkiye and Hungary "is a good start," referring to a 2023 deal between Turkish BOTAŞ and the Hungarian MVM CEEnergy company in which Ankara began exporting natural gas to Budapest.

Construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant is being delayed by Germany's Siemens Energy withholding key parts required for it to be built by Russia's Rosatom, which is seeking alternatives in China, Turkey's energy minister said on Wednesday.

Rosatom is 90 percent likely to acquire the second Turkish nuclear power plant (NPP) project in the Black Sea province of Sinop for implementation given the Russian corporation's competitive advantages, TASS quoted State Duma Committee on Energy Chair Pavel Zavalny as saying.

Türkiye is keen to expand its cooperation with Russian nuclear company Rosatom in the Sinop Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said.

Counterterrorism police in Turkey have arrested an Islamic State group suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant being built in the country's south, local media reported Tuesday.

The Russian national had been working at the Akkuyu nuclear facility under false identity papers, the Ihlas News Agency and other media reported.

Turkish counterterrorism forces apprehended a Russian ISIL suspect who was working at a nuclear power plant being built in the country's south, local media reported on Feb. 13.

The Russian national had been working at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin under false identity papers, several reports noted.

The Akkuyu nuclear power plant that is being built in the southern province of Mersin, is giving a strong boost to the local economy, according to experts and a local business leader.

Since the start of the construction work, more than 500 new businesses have been registered with the Silifke Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said Nurettin Kaynak, its president.