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
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.
Power Reactors
Operational: 0
Planned: 3
Research Reactors
Operational: 1
Shut down: 2
Planned: 0
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.
3.
Fissile Material Holdings
Highly Enriched Uranium end of 2003: 0.008
tons
Supplied by: US
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
Nuclear Cooperation
The Turkish Speaking States Nuclear Cooperation, Research
and Training Center organizes the protocols for cooperation
between Turkish speaking countries.
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.
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.
