Turkey

Appendix 1 - International, multilateral and bilateral agreements

International Legal Instruments	Date of ratification
Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	28.11.1979
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water	15.05.1965
Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Arbitration	12.06.1981
Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution From Land-based Sources	18.03.1987
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution	23.03.1983
Convention on Railway Transportation	01.06.1985
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency	03.09.1990
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident	03.09.1990
Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention)	06.03.1994
Convention on the Cooperation in the Atomic Energy Field between the NATO Members and Its Amendment	10.09.1956
International Labor Conference Convention Number 115 concerning the Protection of Workers Against Ionising Radiations	23.03.1968
Convention on Nuclear Safety	14.01.1995
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	26.12.1999
Convention on The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material	07.08.1986
Paris Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy	02.11.1984
Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention	19.11.2006

 

Bilateral co-operation agreements

Agreements	Date of ratification
Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	29.06.1986
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Argentine Republic for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	08.02.1992
Agreement between the Government of Korea and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	12.04.1999
Agreement between the Government French Republic and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	signed (not yet ratified)
Agreement between the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	signed (not yet ratified)
Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Republic of Turkey for Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	signed (not yet ratified)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities	02.05.2001
Agreement between The Government of Turkey and the Republic of Bulgaria on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident and Exchange of Information on Nuclear Facilities	11.09.1997
Agreement between The Government of Turkey and the Republic of Romania on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident	signed (not yet ratified)

 

Appendix 2 - Directory of the main organisations, instituions and companies involved in nuclear power-related activites

 

National energy authority
Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources İnönü Bulvarı, No:27  Bahçelievler Ankara	Tel.: (312) 212 69 15 Fax: (312) 286 47 69 http://www.enerji.gov.tr
Turkish Atomic Energy Authority Eskisehir Yolu Lodumlu, TR-06530 Ankara	http://www.atom.gov.tr
Other organisations
Nuclear Engineering Department Hacettepe University 06532 Beytepe Ankara	http://www.nuke.hun.edu.tr
Nuclear Engineers Society	http://www.nuke.hun.edu.tr/dernek/dernek.html
Institute for Energy Technical University of Istanbul Ayazaga Kampusu TR- 80626 Istanbul
Institute of Nuclear Sciences Ege University İzmir	http://nukleer.ege.edu.tr/

 

 

Last updated: 20 May 2008