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Turkey

Amount, Location, and Details of US Nuclear Weapons Deployment/Storage
Location and capability of nuclear facilities
Fissile material holdings
Nuclear activities
International non-proliferation efforts
Positions taken in international fora on various issues of disarmament

1. Amount, Location, and Details of US Nuclear Weapon Deployment/Storage

In the mid-1990s, nuclear weapons previously stored at Akinci Air Base and Balikesir Air Base were moved to Incirlik Air Base.

Nuclear Weapons Storage Sites
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/euro/euro.pdf

2. Location and Capability of Nuclear Facilities

In July 2000, the construction of Turkey's first nuclear reactor in Akkuyu was postponed due to financial constraints. However, in November 2004, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler announced Turkey’s plans to construct three nuclear plants ready for operation beginning in 2011-12, supplying 8-10% of Turkey’s energy. In April 2006, Prime Minister R.T. Erdogan announced that the government chose Sinop, Inceburun at Turkey’s Black Sea Coast, for the construction of these power plants. The issue of financing is unresolved. http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2490
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/04/14/feature-03

Power Reactors
Operational: 0
Planned: 3
http://www.iaea.or.at/programmes/a2/

Research Reactors
Operational: 1
Shut down: 2
Planned: 0
http://www.iaea.or.at/worldatom/rrdb/

Uranium Mines
Uranium deposits are located at Köprübasi, but no uranium has been produced. According to Turkish authorities, Turkey has uranium reserves totaling around 10,000 tonnes.
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2006/04/14/feature-03

3. Fissile Material Holdings

Highly Enriched Uranium end of 2003: 0.008 tons
Supplied by: US
http://www.isis-online.org/global_stocks/end2003/civil_heu_watch2005.pdf

4. Nuclear Activities

Research Programs
ÇNRTC- Çekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center
ICHMT- International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer
Nükleer Enerji Enstitüsü (Institute for Nuclear Energy)
TUBITAK- Scientific and Technical Research Council
http://www.radwaste.org/research.htm
http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/nuclear-facilities-iran-israel-turkey.pdf

Nuclear Cooperation
The Turkish Speaking States Nuclear Cooperation, Research and Training Center organizes the protocols for cooperation between Turkish speaking countries.
http://kutuphane.taek.gov.tr/internet_tarama/dosyalar/Sureli/avrasyabulteni//avrasyanukleerbultenisayi1/pdf/25.pdf

Nuclear cooperation agreements exist between Belgium, Germany, Italy, the NeTherlands, and Turkey to enable their national air forces to deliver US nuclear bombs in times of war.
http://www.nrdc.org/nuclear/euro/euro.pdf

5. International Non-proliferation Efforts

Treaties Signed and Ratified, date of deposit
Antarctic Treaty, 24 January 1996
APM Convention, 25 September 2003
Biological Weapons Convention, 25 October 1974
Certain Conventional Weapons Convention, 26 March 1982
Chemical Weapons Convention, 12 May 1997
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 16 February 2000
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 27 February 1985
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, 17 April 1980
Outer Space Treaty, 27 March 1968
Seabed Treaty, 19 October 1972

Turkey ratified the IAEA Additional Protocol on 6 July 2000.

Multilateral Groups
Australia Group
Conference on Disarmament
Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
Missile Technology Control Regime
Proliferation Security Initiative
Wassenaar Arrangement
Zangger Committee

6. Positions Taken in International Fora on Various Issues of Nuclear Disarmament

NPT: "Turkey believes that the NPT is is still a unique and irreplaceable multilateral instrument, the cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime, and the essential foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament. We should exert every effort to protect its integrity and credibility." - Statement by Ambassador Ahmet Üzümcü to the Conference on Disarmament, 30 January 2007.
http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/speeches07/1session/Jan30Turkey.pdf

Ballistic Missiles: "The progressive increase in the range and accuracy of ballistic missiles make the proliferation threat all the more worrying. Turkey believes that the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation constitutes a practical step towards an internationally accepted legal framework in this field." - Statement by Mr. Kerim Uras to the Sixty-First General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, 4 October 2006. http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/1com06/statements/turkeyoct4.pdf

Nuclear Disarmament: "As I have underlined non-proliferation and disarmament are mutually reinforcing processes that require continuous and irreversible progress on both fronts. . . . Turkey considers that an unequivocal undertaking by all nuclear weapon states, as well as non-NPT states with nuclear capabilities to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, is a fundamental prerequisite for achieving the common goal of general and complete disarmament." - Statement by Ambassador Baki Ilkin to the Seventh Review Conference of the NPT, 3 May 2005. http://www.un.org/events/npt2005/statements/npt03turkey.pdf