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.
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Region Middle East and North Africa
~50 U.S. B61 nuclear bombs stored at Incirlik Air Base
30 Countries seeking Turkish-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
280 km Range of Bora-1 short-range ballistic missile
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 which controls exports of chemical and biological technology
- No known biological weapons pursuits
Tutorial on Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
NTI Tutorials
Missile
- Develops and produces short-range ballistic missiles
- Plans to extend the range of its Tayfun ballistic missile from 560 km to 1,000 km
- Turkish-made Bayraktar UAVs have been used effectively by the Ukrainian military in the 2022-2023 conflict 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
Overview of the Nuclear Disarmament Resource Collection
View information and analysis of nuclear weapons disarmament proposals and progress worldwide, including detailed coverage of disarmament progress.
Nuclear Disarmament Turkey
Middle East Missile Mania: It’s Not Just Iran
Education Center