Turkey’s Nuclear Issue - the Past and Future Dynamics

Year 2016, Issue: 2, 94 - 103, 01.09.2016

Gizem Ebrar Özel

Abstract

This article analyzes Turkey’s whole nuclear
issues in conjunction with nuclear history, nuclear future plans, possible
risks, scenarios, and suggestions as nuclear energy is a subject, which is of
strategic and comprehensive character. Turkey has had plans to build a nuclear
power plant since the 1970s. A nuclear power has been a strategic aim for
Turkey since then. All these years, restraints, economic deficiencies,
diplomatic troubles, and technological deficiencies have delayed Turkey’s
nuclear targets and plans. Within the last decade, economic growth and stable
development signified a new turn in terms of nuclear energy. The article aims
to examine the utility of nuclear energy in Turkey and to present whether or
not nuclear energy might offer an important solution for Turkey’s energy future.

Keywords

Turkey’s Nuclear Issue

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