Turkey’s Minister of Energy Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Monday that Turkey is in discussions with Russia and South Korea regarding the establishment of a new nuclear power plant in the Sinop region in the northern part of the country.
Russia’s “Rosatom” is already in the process of building Turkey’s first nuclear power plant in the Mersin region in the south of the country.
Bayraktar stated in televised remarks that Ankara is also engaged in talks with China to potentially establish a third nuclear power plant in the Trakya region in western Turkey.
In July 2022, the Russian company “Rosatom” announced that it had awarded the remaining construction contract for the $20 billion nuclear power plant project in Akkuyu, southern Turkey, to “T.S.M Energy” after terminating its agreement with the Turkish company “İ.C İktas.”
Akkuyu Nükleer A.Ş., a subsidiary of “Rosatom” and responsible for building four reactors at the Mediterranean Sea location, confirmed that it signed the construction contract with “T.S.M” after ending its partnership with the Turkish firm “İ.C İktas.”
According to Turkish trade records, three Russian companies based in Russia own “T.S.M Energy.”
Turkey and the United Nations had previously facilitated an agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, enabling the latter to export its wheat and grain production via the Black Sea ports over the past year.
