  This study investigates the deployment of a medium-scale neutrino detector
near Turkey's first nuclear power plant, the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. The
aim of this detector is to become a modular testbed for new technologies in the
fields of new detection media and innovative photosensors. Such technologies
include Water-based Liquid Scintillator (WbLS), Large Area Picosecond
Photo-Detectors (LAPPDs), dichroic Winston cones, and large area silicon
photomultiplier modules. The detector could be used for instantaneous
monitoring of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant via its antineutrino flux. In
addition to its physics and technological goals, it would be an invaluable
opportunity for the nuclear and particle physics community in Turkey to play a
role in the development of next generation of particle detectors in the field
of neutrino physics.
