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Information Valley's foundation, which will direct Turkey’s future, is being laid today. It's being expected an annual turnover of $50 billion from the valley.

Information Valley, which is being founded to boost Turkey’s competitive power in the global innovation and information technologies areas, will be built across 3 million sqm land in Kocaeli, Gebze. Stating that Information Valley is one of the Turkey’s giant projects, he said Information Valley will be one of the world’s most global addresses with regard to innovation and R&D. The valley will contain global innovation and technology transfer centres and prototype testing workshops. About 5.000 R&D companies will be situated in the valley together with almost 10.000 R&D employees. Information Valley will also provide housing for the employees, as well as production, service, employment and living centre with several suppliers and logistic firms.

The project was designed to involve a 1.5 million sqm closed area and a 1.250.000 sqm office area. There will also be social facilities in the valley including tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, football pitches and a golf course. Moreover, schools will also be built in the field for employees’ children.

When the project is realized, Turkey will be one of the most important centres with regard to information technology in the region. “Turkey, which has strategic position that unites Europe, the Far East, the Middle East and Africa, intends to boost its share in technological exports with products ‘Made in Turkey’ with the slogan of ‘Made from Turkey’ to provide goods based on its technology,” the minister said. Additionally he said with this initiative, it will be possible to make Information Valley into a catalyst for, technological growth, innovation and capital accumulation and development, as offering economic and social development model.

 

[AUz]

Separation of powers is allready there, its pretty clear why Erdogan wants presidential system...

Believe it or not, Presidential system is best for Turkey and its sustainable, long-term development. Period.

Honestly, Turkish folks and opposition parties should view this matter by coming out of their hate of Erdogan (no matter how legitimate that hate might be).

One directly elected head of state, with the team of his own choosing, binded by the law and parliament, is much, much more suitable for investment, economic growth, and steering the nation into progress. Parliamentary systems are slower, unstable due to coalitions, restrictive by their very nature (each party trying to maximize its interests within parliament). These systems aren't best for countries like Turkey.

The Republic of Turkey under strong President, with legislation houses (parliament), constitution checks, and courts will be a heaven for direct investments for investors.

 

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Nice thread !
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Hey guys !..

Can you go to this thread plz ?..

Turkish Politics & Internal Affairs | Page 187

@Hakan dude can you transfer offtopic posts plz ?..

 

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[Saithan]

IAEA 'secret' report reveals Turkey's nuclear duties

Turkey has not fulfilled many of the recommendations in a study by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its bid to acquire nuclear energy, according to a document seen by Hürriyet.

Earlier last month, the Turkish Energy Ministry refused a local court’s request to see the IAEA report, which was handed to Turkish officials on Feb. 20 last year but not made public until now, on the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, which will be developed by Russia in the country’s southern province of Mersin, citing state secret security as the reason.

The IAEA had prepared the mission report about the Akkuyu project, dubbed the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), upon the government’s request and delivered it to Undersecretary of the Energy Ministry Metin Kilci and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) head Zafer Alper on Feb. 20, 2014, by hand.

The INIR became a subject of the court when a total of 86 legal and natural entities, filed a suit for a stay of execution of a court’s positive ruling on the Environment Impact Assessment report (ÇED) regarding the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project, dated Dec. 1, 2014.

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said last month that the report was outdated after daily Hürriyet published a story on its being classified as secret.

However, the 98-page report shows that little of the advice was heeded.

A leading absence is the definition “of a national policy for all kinds of radioactive waste and to identify the responsibilities of a national waste management organization.”

“The government of Turkey should develop a long-term plan for activities and facilities needed for radioactive waste management,” the report said.

One of the key items in the report is clarifying the roles of TAEK as an independent regulator, which was not realized despite the Nuclear Security Convention, which is signed by Turkey.

No steps were taken on the realization of demands by TAEK as well.

TAEK is still inspecting the placement of the plant.

“Turkey should ensure that the comprehensive nuclear energy law is promulgated as soon as possible and adequately addresses a number of important issues including the need to establish a regulatory body without promotional responsibilities and independent from entities having responsibilities or interests that could unduly influence its decision making; define the functions of the regulatory body and the responsibilities of authorized persons; and cover nuclear safety, security and safeguards,” the study said.

“Turkey should promulgate the last on civil liability for nuclear damage,” it added.

A lack of such steps makes the state solely responsible in the event of any accident.

Informing the public about the project was declared another failure.

No timely response to Hürriyet’s questions on the report were made by the Environment Ministry and Akkuyu Nükleer A.Ş., the Russian developer Rosatom’s arm founded for the Turkey plant, which said it had translated the report into Russian five days ago.

Alper said the responsibility to respond was held by the Energy Ministry, while Necati Yamaç, the undersecretary of the ministry, repeated in its response that the report was undated.

“The study is to reflect the nuclear infrastructure in our country as of November 2013,” he said in an emailed response.

Here are the 24 recommendations in the report:

1) The government of Turkey should clarify the roles and responsibilities for nuclear policy development between Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) / Nuclear Energy Project Implementation Department (NEPID) and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK).

2) The government of Turkey should finalize the draft national policy and strategy, as it can serve for a road map for the further development of the national nuclear program. It should define the guiding principles and clarify roles and responsibilities and will cover among other topics, spent fuel and waste and decommissioning.

3) The Akkuyu Project Company (APC) should finalize its organizational structure for fulfilling its operator responsibilities, during siting, construction and operation taking into accounts an operator’s prime responsibility for safety, its interest in making use of the expertise in Rosenergoatom, and the Turkish regulatory framework and international standards. Whilst this recommendation is formulated in the context of the Akkuyu project, subsequent nuclear power plant (NPP) projects should also take into account the need to be clear on the operator’s responsibilities and organizational structure.

4) APC should ensure that it has the capability to review and take responsibility for licensing documentation and to manage the resolution of issues arising from the regulatory review.

5) APC should complete its plans to strengthen the operating function, taking account of the need to prepare for and carry out commissioning activities. In addition, TAEK, following consultation with APC, should define the main principles and requirements for the Akkuyu NPP operating organization, in particular relating to outsourcing of operation activities to other entities and licensing of specific staff.

6) The government of Turkey should complete the development of regulations to clarify the scope of and management arrangements for the National Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Accounts.

7) Turkey should ensure that the comprehensive nuclear energy law is promulgated as soon as possible and adequately addresses a number of important issues including the need to:

•Establish a regulatory body without promotional responsibilities and independent from entities having responsibilities or interests that could unduly influence its decision making;

•Define the functions of the regulatory body and the responsibilities of authorized persons; and

•Cover nuclear safety, security and safeguards.

8) Turkey should promulgate the last on civil liability for nuclear damage.

9) The government of Turkey should ensure the independence of the regulatory functions including during the licensing process.

10) TAEK should complete the regulations necessary for a nuclear power program.

11) NEPID should complete a National Human Resource Development Plan to define required activities and roles and responsibilities.

12) The APC should ensure adequate planning for recruitment and training, independent of the final decision on regulatory requirements for the operating organization.

13) TAEK should accelerate their activities regarding recruitment of staff and contracting technical support organization (TSO) support for the licensing and inspection of Akkuyu NPP construction. In addition TAEK should develop more job specific training plans for its new staff based on the Systematic Approach to Training.

14) The government of Turkey should define a national strategy for stakeholder involvement and informing the public, with a clear definition of roles and responsibilities.

15) The government of Turkey should ensure that public entities assigned promotional or regulatory functions are adequately resourced (in terms of financial and expertise) for implementation of their respective communication activities.

16) The APC should complete the site parameters report based on the implemented site characterization investigations and submit for review and approval by TAEK.

17) Ministry and Environment and Urban Planning (MoEU), as the government coordinating body, and the APC should complete the necessary activities to close out the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in a timely manner.

18) The MoEU should define a standardized format of the EIA report for nuclear facilities.

19) The government of Turkey should clearly define the role and responsibilities of MoEU for the NPP projects and the interface with TAEK.

20) NEPID should complete the work to define a national policy and strategy for the front and back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including clarification of the long-term technical responsibility for the management and disposal of spent fuel or high-level waste.

21) NEPID should complete the work to define a national policy for all kinds of radioactive waste and to identify the responsibilities of a national waste management organization.

22) The government of Turkey should develop a long-term plan for activities and facilities needed for radioactive waste management.

23) The activities to come to an agreement between NEPID and APC on the scope and level of involvement of local industry participation should be intensified.

24) The government of Turkey should enable public organizations to procure goods and services in a timely manner, recognizing that nuclear power programs require contracting in an international market and sometimes from sole source suppliers.
June/01/2015

source: IAEA 'secret' report reveals Turkey's nuclear duties - DIPLOMACY

 

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IAEA 'secret' report reveals Turkey's nuclear duties

Turkey has not fulfilled many of the recommendations in a study by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on its bid to acquire nuclear energy, according to a document seen by Hürriyet.

Earlier last month, the Turkish Energy Ministry refused a local court’s request to see the IAEA report, which was handed to Turkish officials on Feb. 20 last year but not made public until now, on the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project, which will be developed by Russia in the country’s southern province of Mersin, citing state secret security as the reason.

The IAEA had prepared the mission report about the Akkuyu project, dubbed the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR), upon the government’s request and delivered it to Undersecretary of the Energy Ministry Metin Kilci and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) head Zafer Alper on Feb. 20, 2014, by hand.

The INIR became a subject of the court when a total of 86 legal and natural entities, filed a suit for a stay of execution of a court’s positive ruling on the Environment Impact Assessment report (ÇED) regarding the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant project, dated Dec. 1, 2014.

Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said last month that the report was outdated after daily Hürriyet published a story on its being classified as secret.

However, the 98-page report shows that little of the advice was heeded.

A leading absence is the definition “of a national policy for all kinds of radioactive waste and to identify the responsibilities of a national waste management organization.”

“The government of Turkey should develop a long-term plan for activities and facilities needed for radioactive waste management,” the report said.

One of the key items in the report is clarifying the roles of TAEK as an independent regulator, which was not realized despite the Nuclear Security Convention, which is signed by Turkey.

No steps were taken on the realization of demands by TAEK as well.

TAEK is still inspecting the placement of the plant.

“Turkey should ensure that the comprehensive nuclear energy law is promulgated as soon as possible and adequately addresses a number of important issues including the need to establish a regulatory body without promotional responsibilities and independent from entities having responsibilities or interests that could unduly influence its decision making; define the functions of the regulatory body and the responsibilities of authorized persons; and cover nuclear safety, security and safeguards,” the study said.

“Turkey should promulgate the last on civil liability for nuclear damage,” it added.

A lack of such steps makes the state solely responsible in the event of any accident.

Informing the public about the project was declared another failure.

No timely response to Hürriyet’s questions on the report were made by the Environment Ministry and Akkuyu Nükleer A.Ş., the Russian developer Rosatom’s arm founded for the Turkey plant, which said it had translated the report into Russian five days ago.

Alper said the responsibility to respond was held by the Energy Ministry, while Necati Yamaç, the undersecretary of the ministry, repeated in its response that the report was undated.

“The study is to reflect the nuclear infrastructure in our country as of November 2013,” he said in an emailed response.

Here are the 24 recommendations in the report:

1) The government of Turkey should clarify the roles and responsibilities for nuclear policy development between Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) / Nuclear Energy Project Implementation Department (NEPID) and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK).

2) The government of Turkey should finalize the draft national policy and strategy, as it can serve for a road map for the further development of the national nuclear program. It should define the guiding principles and clarify roles and responsibilities and will cover among other topics, spent fuel and waste and decommissioning.

3) The Akkuyu Project Company (APC) should finalize its organizational structure for fulfilling its operator responsibilities, during siting, construction and operation taking into accounts an operator’s prime responsibility for safety, its interest in making use of the expertise in Rosenergoatom, and the Turkish regulatory framework and international standards. Whilst this recommendation is formulated in the context of the Akkuyu project, subsequent nuclear power plant (NPP) projects should also take into account the need to be clear on the operator’s responsibilities and organizational structure.

4) APC should ensure that it has the capability to review and take responsibility for licensing documentation and to manage the resolution of issues arising from the regulatory review.

5) APC should complete its plans to strengthen the operating function, taking account of the need to prepare for and carry out commissioning activities. In addition, TAEK, following consultation with APC, should define the main principles and requirements for the Akkuyu NPP operating organization, in particular relating to outsourcing of operation activities to other entities and licensing of specific staff.

6) The government of Turkey should complete the development of regulations to clarify the scope of and management arrangements for the National Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Accounts.

7) Turkey should ensure that the comprehensive nuclear energy law is promulgated as soon as possible and adequately addresses a number of important issues including the need to:

•Establish a regulatory body without promotional responsibilities and independent from entities having responsibilities or interests that could unduly influence its decision making;

•Define the functions of the regulatory body and the responsibilities of authorized persons; and

•Cover nuclear safety, security and safeguards.

8) Turkey should promulgate the last on civil liability for nuclear damage.

9) The government of Turkey should ensure the independence of the regulatory functions including during the licensing process.

10) TAEK should complete the regulations necessary for a nuclear power program.

11) NEPID should complete a National Human Resource Development Plan to define required activities and roles and responsibilities.

12) The APC should ensure adequate planning for recruitment and training, independent of the final decision on regulatory requirements for the operating organization.

13) TAEK should accelerate their activities regarding recruitment of staff and contracting technical support organization (TSO) support for the licensing and inspection of Akkuyu NPP construction. In addition TAEK should develop more job specific training plans for its new staff based on the Systematic Approach to Training.

14) The government of Turkey should define a national strategy for stakeholder involvement and informing the public, with a clear definition of roles and responsibilities.

15) The government of Turkey should ensure that public entities assigned promotional or regulatory functions are adequately resourced (in terms of financial and expertise) for implementation of their respective communication activities.

16) The APC should complete the site parameters report based on the implemented site characterization investigations and submit for review and approval by TAEK.

17) Ministry and Environment and Urban Planning (MoEU), as the government coordinating body, and the APC should complete the necessary activities to close out the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in a timely manner.

18) The MoEU should define a standardized format of the EIA report for nuclear facilities.

19) The government of Turkey should clearly define the role and responsibilities of MoEU for the NPP projects and the interface with TAEK.

20) NEPID should complete the work to define a national policy and strategy for the front and back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle, including clarification of the long-term technical responsibility for the management and disposal of spent fuel or high-level waste.

21) NEPID should complete the work to define a national policy for all kinds of radioactive waste and to identify the responsibilities of a national waste management organization.

22) The government of Turkey should develop a long-term plan for activities and facilities needed for radioactive waste management.

23) The activities to come to an agreement between NEPID and APC on the scope and level of involvement of local industry participation should be intensified.

24) The government of Turkey should enable public organizations to procure goods and services in a timely manner, recognizing that nuclear power programs require contracting in an international market and sometimes from sole source suppliers.
June/01/2015

source: IAEA 'secret' report reveals Turkey's nuclear duties - DIPLOMACY

Bakan Yıldız'dan "Sır Rapor" tepkisi - Ekonomi Haberleri

 

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Bakan Yıldız'dan "Sır Rapor" tepkisi - Ekonomi Haberleri

Hey Kul, for the next time, can you also quote the article into your post and highlight the parts of the article that are relevant. That makes it easier to read for the rest of us, and if someone doesn't speak Turkish, they can just use google translate on the highlighted parts.
I assume you read the whole article before hand, so it shouldn't be that much of extra work. Thanks.

 

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SOCAR Turkey plans to open huge Aegean container port in September

The Turkish branch of Azeri energy giant SOCAR will open the Petlim Container Port in the Aegean Sea this September to become an alternative to Greece’s Piraeus Port for container shipments, according to Kenan Yavuz, the head of SOCAR Turkey and a board member of Petkim Petrochemical Holding.

“The Petlim Container Port will be commissioned in September this year. Investments attracted for the construction of the port stand at $400 million … The most important advantage of the port is that it will become a great alternative to the Piraeus Port on the Aegean Sea and we’ll be accepting the biggest container ships to our port,” Yavuz said in his speech at the 22nd International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition in Baku Expo Center on June 2, the company said in a written statement.

The company invited Azerbaijan’s President İlham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the opening ceremony, Yavuz added.

The Petlim Container Port will be operated by Dutch company APM Terminals, one of the world’s leading companies in the field, for the next 28 years, he also said.

Last year Petlim Port, owned by Petkim Petrochemical Holding in the Aliağa district of the Aegean province of İzmir, sold some 30 percent of its shares to Goldman Sachs for $300 million. Currently, Petkim holds a 70 percent share of Petlim, while Goldman Sachs holds the remaining 30 percent. Petkim and Petlim are controlled by SOCAR Turkey.

The Petlim Container Port, which for the first time in Turkey will enable the berthing of ships with 11,000 TEUs, will possess a starting capacity of 1.5 million TEUs. A logistic field with a total of 48 hectares will be created, with 42 hectares in the port field for container storage and 6 hectares in the rear service area.

SOCAR Turkey also plans to build a refinery on the Petkim Peninsula with the aim of integrating refinery, petrochemical and logistical operations at the site. The investments worth around $10 billion at the site have been made within the framework of Petkim’s Value-Site 2023 Project.

“The Petkim Peninsula will become one of the largest production centers in Europe by 2018,” Yavuz said.

Touching upon the Star refinery that is being constructed by SOCAR in the Petkim Peninsula, Yavuz said its construction will be completed at the end of 2017 and the refinery will produce its first products in early 2018.

Some 20 percent of construction works have already been completed at the refinery, he added.

Yavuz also revealed SOCAR’s plans to produce electricity at the Petkim Peninsula.

He said SOCAR plans to produce 1,500 megawatt of electricity from two power plans - a 300-megawatt coal thermal power plant and a 51 megawatt wind power plant.

The construction of both plants has already started and they will be commissioned in 2016.

“The electricity produced at these plants will be used for meeting the needs of the Petkim Petrochemical Holding, Star Refinery and Petlim Port. The export of electricity will be possible as well,” he added.

SOCAR Turkey plans to open huge Aegean container port in September - ENERGY

 

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Infrastructure, Energy and Military Turkey is coming. I hope our economy and peace will not be sabotized from enemies.

 

[Hurshid Celebi]

Infrastructure, Energy and Military Turkey is coming. I hope our economy and peace will not be sabotized from enemies.

The best Turkish Physicians were killed in the suspicious Crash of ATLASJET. The Team worked also with CERN and was trying to build a HADRON Accelerator in Turkey. But Turkey will not give up

 

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