The cause of Turkey's crackdown on the nuclear program (1955-2016)

Although already in South West Asia, the Islamic Republic of Iran is the only country with a nuclear power plant, but in the coming years, the country will not remain unrivaled in the nuclear industry. Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabic are countries that plan to have nuclear power plant in the future.This paper examines the history, goals and current status of the nuclear energy program of the Republic of Turkey. there are most of the initial capacity and historical motives for moving toward nuclear energy in Turkey. But especially since the AKP came to power in 2002 and the success of Iran's nuclear program more attention to nuclear plant construction in Turkey. The purpose of This paper is examining nuclear energy program of Turkey. The main question of paper is, "Why the Turkish government's nuclear energy program has followed more than six decades?". It seems that concerns about dependence on energy imports and the quest for energy security are the most important reasons for Turkey to achieve "nuclear. capability". Review and analysis of the data shows that in the near future Turkey's first nuclear power plant will be operate.