Türkiye preparing to build third nuclear power plant in Thrace

Türkiye has started working on its third nuclear power plant in the northwest Thrace region to meet the country’s increasing energy demand, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday.

Donmez emphasized the growing importance of nuclear energy as a clean energy source during a live broadcast on the TRT Haber television channel.

He explained that construction of four reactors for the country's first nuclear plant, Akkuyu in Mersin on the Mediterranean coast, is currently underway, with the first reactor expected to start up around the end of the year, followed by the rest every other year.

The second plant will be constructed in Sinop and works are ongoing to determine the precise location of the third plant in the Thrace region.

Donmez stated that the country's strategic central location, surrounded by 15 energy-producing and -consuming countries, gives it an advantage over other energy hubs, a fact that is being widely recognized not only by Türkiye but by several countries.