Groundbreaking Ceremony for Turkish Nuclear Plant Marred by Protests

A groundbreaking ceremony at Turkey’s first nuclear power plant was met with protests on April 14, according to reports. Protesters gathered outside the gates of the site prevented attendees of the ceremony from leaving for a short time. The plant, located at a site in Akkuyu in Turkey’s southern provence of Mershin, is reportedly being built by Russian nuclear agency Rosatom. Credit: Twitter/Gonca Senay