Turkey denies providing rare earth resources to the United States and emphasizes that it will become one of the world's top five rare earth countries.

Breaking News: Turkey Denies Providing Rare Earths to the United States

On November 8, 2025, Ankara time, the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, responded to statements made by the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barak:

In Belikov, we have discovered 694 million tons of rare earth elements. In this regard, Turkey will become one of the top five countries in the world, second only to China (800 million tons). We are actively working on this and plan to build a pilot plant. We have not provided any rare earth elements to the United States. We have signed an agreement related to nuclear energy. If we talk about rare earth elements, we will report it. There is nothing to be afraid of.

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