Erdogan says South Korea could partner in Turkey's Sinop nuclear project, Yonhap reports
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said South Korea could join the planned Sinop nuclear power plant on Turkey's Black Sea coast, in an interview with Yonhap published Nov. 2.
Turkey is studying the project's technical and economic terms with Korea Electric Power Corp, the state-run utility, he said.
Before picking a partner, Ankara will weigh financing, electricity costs and the benefit to the Turkish economy, Erdogan said; the government is also looking at other options.
At a Nov. 3 summit in Seoul, the two countries signed a financing memorandum meant to support South Korean firms' participation in nuclear projects, according to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
Lee also said the two sides agreed to expand joint defence production and technology cooperation and to explore joint bids in third-country markets.
Erdogan also named defence, semiconductors, artificial intelligence and robotics as areas for cooperation, and said the countries are working toward $15 billion in annual trade; it reached a record $10.7 billion last year.
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- 2026-11-03 09:20 UTCArab News · arabnews.com ↗
- 2026-11-03 11:25 UTCCNA · channelnewsasia.com ↗
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