Turkey
Country Spotlight
Neighbor to multiple current and former proliferators of WMDs, Turkey has relied on its NATO membership to guarantee its security. Although Turkey is a non-nuclear weapon state member of the NPT in good standing, Turkey’s president has made occasional public mentions of the country’s right to develop and acquire nuclear weapons.
See Turkey's preformance in
Region Middle East and North Africa
~50 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs stored at Incirlik Air Base
6 Countries importing Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
280 km Range of Bora-1 short-range ballistic missile
5th Article of North Atlantic Treaty agrees to collective defense of Turkey against WMDs
Nuclear
- Hosts U.S. nuclear weapons as part of NATO nuclear sharing mission
- Calls to remove U.S. nuclear weapons from Incirlik Air Base have increased in recent years
- Construction of a Russian-financed nuclear power plant at Akkuyu began in 2018
Turkey Nuclear Facilities
Biological
- Member of the Australia Group for chemical and biological strategic trade
- No known biological weapons pursuits
Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
NTI Tutorials
Missile
- Possesses a limited ballistic missile arsenal
- 2017 deal to purchase a S-400 missile defense system from Russia
- Removed from the U.S.’s F-35 pilot training program as a result of 2017 missile defense deal with Russia
Overview of The CNS Missile and SLV Launch Databases
Overview: Applying New Tools to Nonproliferation: A Nuclear Detective Story
Chemical
- No known chemical weapons pursuits
- Denies accusations of white phosphorus use during the Syrian Civil War
Tutorial on Chemical Weapons Nonproliferation
NTI Tutorials
Treaties and Regimes Memberships
- NTI
- CNS
Analysis
Turkey
Middle East Missile Mania: It’s Not Just Iran
One might be forgiven for solely focusing on Iran’s missiles. And yet, Iran’s missile program does not exist in a vacuum.
Overview of the Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection
Turkey Overview
Education Center