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Turkish activists call on government to give up nuclear power program

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As the general elections are approaching in Turkey, Turkish environmental activists have entered the fifth day of anti-nuclear power protest here on Tuesday, calling Turkish leaders to give up nuclear power program.

Umit Sahin, spokesman for Turkish Green Party, told Xinhua " there is only one week to the general elections in Turkey. We call on all political parties in Turkey to say 'No' to nuclear power program."

"We also call on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to declare to give up the nuclear power program in the country," he said.

"The prime minister has to at least admit publicly he is aware of the fact that the majority of the Turkish society does not want the nuclear plants, and the government must give up its nuclear plans," he said.

Standing in front of their camp in Istanbul's central Taksim Square, Sahin said, "we have been here Taksim square for five days to protest nuclear power plans of the government. We call on the government to stop all nuclear plants in Turkey."

Turkish environmental activists announced they would not leave until the Turkish government calls off its plans to build nuclear power plants.

The activists from Greenpeace Mediterranean called for all " sensible" people to join their peaceful resistance.

"Our aim is to raise awareness among Turkish people on the nuclear issue and its risks, as well as to make politicians take related action," said Uygar Ozesmi, the director-general of Greenpeace Mediterranean.

He said "the political parties reviewed everyone of us a vote. However, we are not just a vote," noting that the group had been struggling for a long time against Turkey's nuclear plans.

Some 64 percent of the Turkish people are against building a nuclear plant in the country, according to a survey Greenpeace conducted in cooperation with the A&G research company that was published on April 29.

The survey also found that 86 percent of Turks do not want to live near a nuclear power plant.

"Although two-thirds of the Turkish people are against nuclear, we see nuclear are still among the promises in the parties' electoral programs," Umit Sahin said.

He added that he was surprised how the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, had been unable to directly oppose the nuclear plans.

"They say they will go to a referendum (on the issue) if they become the ruling party, but they do not express an official position pro- or against nuclear program," Sahin said.

Environmental activists decided to hold their open-ended protest in Taksim Square ahead of the June 12 general election so that the political parties would become sensitive towards the issue, according to Sahin.

Many countries have announced a scaling back of their nuclear plans, following the nuclear reactor disaster in Fukushima, Japan. The Turkish government is meanwhile moving ahead with plans to construct its first nuclear plant about 20 to 25 km away from the Ecemis earthquake fault line in the Mediterranean province of Mersin's Akkuyu district.

Turkey has signed a contract with Russia's Rosatom corp. one year ago to build the nuclear plant, and the licensing process for the plant, which will cost about 20 billion U.S. dollars, is still in progress.

The government is also holding talks on the planned Sinop plant. Before the Japanese earthquake, Japanese companies seemed to be ahead on a possible decision. Turkey and Japan signed a memorandum on civil nuclear cooperation last December, but the plans have been put on hold since the Fukusihima disaster.

Nevertheless, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Monday that the Turkish government will shutdown the nuclear power plants to be built in Akkuyu, Mersin and Sinop.

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