Military
Turkey’s largest warship has become Erdogan’s propaganda tool in the election campaign
Levent Kenez/Stockholm One of the election strategies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to show voters that Turkey is...
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Erdoğan’s election campaign showcases national tank with Korean engine and nonexistent factory
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ahead of the most critical elections in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's political career on May 14, ambitious projects...
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Top commander in Istanbul involved in the assassination of neo-nationalist academic
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The chief of the Turkish military's Central Command ((Merkez Komutanlığı) in Istanbul, Gen. Nurettin Hakan Büyükçulha (52),...
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Erdoğan’s security advisor says it’s time to stop purchasing American weapons and fighter jets
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A member of Turkey’s Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council said it's high time for Turkey to stop...
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Top inspector in Turkey’s Air Force profiled as womanizer, suspected of leaking military secrets
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Confidential General Staff documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have revealed that a senior military officer in charge...
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Turkey put Russian S-400 missiles in a storage facility to avoid further clashes with the US
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has decided to place the long-range S-400 missile system it purchased from Russia’s arms export agency...
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Defense minister admits Turkey not yet able to procure engines for national tank and artillery projects
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar stated during budget negotiations in parliament on November 22 that the engine and...
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Erdoğan’s security advisor accuses Egypt and Saudi Arabia of betrayal for participating in joint military drills with Greece
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Mesut Hakkı Caşın, the Turkish president’s advisor on security and foreign policy, has stated that it is unacceptable...
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Turkey to train Libyan fighter pilots, conduct joint patrols in the Aegean
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Air Force (THK) will train Libyan fighter pilots under a new military agreement signed in İstanbul...
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Turkish army seized Russian man-portable air-defense systems in PKK hideouts
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Ministry of Defense on Sunday published a list of weapons it claims to have seized from...
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