Activists in Turkey arrested during protest over nuclear power plant

24/08/2008

ANKARA, Turkey -- More than 30 activists were arrested on Saturday (August 23rd) during a protest against government plans to build a nuclear power plant in the Black Sea port city of Sinop. All but one of them were foreign nationals, including citizens of the US, Germany and France. Authorities arrested them for "non-sanctioned" organisation of a protest. The government plans to build a nuclear power plant in Sinop, after the first such plant in the country is built near the Mediterranean port of Mersin. (AP, Biamag - 23/08/08)