Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar announced the start date of Akkuyu NPP in an interview with Sabah newspaper. "Electricity generation at the first unit will start on October 29, 2024. The other units will be put into operation at one-year intervals," the minister said. He also said that Turkey plans to build two more nuclear power plants in the country within the next 5 years: one in Sinop province and the second in Thrace.