by Today Newsroom
Türkiye signed a strategic nuclear deal with the U.S. during President Erdogan’s visit to the White House on September 25.
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar wrote on X, ”We have started a new process that will further deepen the deep-rooted and multidimensional partnership between Türkiye and the United States in the field of nuclear energy. With the US Secretary of State, Mr. Marco Rubio, in the presence of the leaders after the meeting, we signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation.”
The agreement followed another large-scale energy deal concluded by Türkiye during the U.S. visit, under which state-run BOTAS signed contracts for a combined 75.8 billion cubic meters of LNG imports with Swiss-based Mercuria and Australia’s Woodside Energy.
Türkiye’s nuclear deal talks with the US
Although the Energy Ministry did not provide any further details on the nature of deal signed, both countries were holding talks on the construction of large-scale nuclear power plants and small modular reactors, per Turkish officials.
Senior Energy Ministry official Yusuf Ceylan stated in a Reuters interview in 2024, ”The U.S. is showing serious interest in Türkiye’s goal of increasing its nuclear energy capacity and building new power plants.”
When asked about the projects under discussion, he had said,…
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