This article examines the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in balancing the nexus among a rule-based multilateral trade system, national security, and cybersecurity. It presents a historical account of restrictions placed on the telecommunications trade over national security concerns and focuses on the significant political risks thereof for the WTO if these restrictions are challenged at its dispute settlement system. An analysis based on the WTO Panel rulings in ‘Russia – Traffic in Transit’ and ‘Saudi Arabia – Protection of IPRs’ is revealing in this context. It shows that, despite the obvious cybersecurity concerns, the invocation of the national security exception is not straightforward. The turn to power politics and regionalism highlights the significance of multilateral organizations that provide a more inclusive structure to reflect and protect the interests of all their members, not just those that hold positions of power and control. As long as the stalemate at organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) continues, despite the need for a more legitimate, inclusive multilateral framework, the expectation of a ruling on trade-related aspects of cybersecurity will place an unnecessary burden on the WTO dispute settlement system. Cybersecurity, World Trade Organization, National Security Exception, Telecommunications, Multilateralism, Regionalism, Geopolitics

Electric power generation from renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy is an alternative option to energy generation from fosil flues. Renewable energy sources are more advantageous when we consider the environmental damage caused by fossil flues during energy generation. Our country is rich in terms of renewable energy resources with its location. When we consider the daily sunshine duration and the wind force in the flat plains, the number of power plants that generate electrical energy without harming the environment with solar panels and wind turbines is increasing day by day. In this study , as a result of field observations of a power plant that converts solar energy into electrical energy with solar panels in Çorum by instructors who have class B OHS certificate and field experince, the risk score was calculated by determining the hazards and risks by 5x5 L-type Matrix Risk analysis which is a qualitative risk assessment. According to the calculated risk score, twenty-four risks which include four high level risks, fifteen medium-level risks, and five low-level risks were identified and recommendations were made. We think that this study will make a positive contribution to the power plants to be established and to the actively onoing plants in terms of occupational health and safety.

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