The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is a large nuclear power plant in Turkey under construction located in Akkuyu, Büyükeceli, Mersin Province. It is expected to generate around 10% of the country's electricity when completed.
Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom has received an offer from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to build a second nuclear power plant in Türkiye.
Türkiye is keen to extend its cooperation with the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom), according to Türkiye’s energy and natural resources minister. Following the established cooperation with Rosatom for the construction of Türkiye’s first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu plant in Mersin, Ankara would like to extend this partnership for the construction of the second plant in Sinop in the Black Sea region, Alparslan Bayraktar said in his address at the two-day international nuclear energy event ATOMEXPO-2024 that kicked off on Monday in the Russian coastal city of Sochi.
| October 26, 2024 | Russia’s Rosatom receives offer from Erdogan to build second nuclear power plant in Türkiye |