Military
Turkey may have planted kill switches in exported Bayraktar armed drones
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s top defense industry official has reiterated that armed drones sold to other countries will never pose...
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Turkey has secret arms programs, develops longer range missiles amid ambition to go nuclear
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has secret arms projects and has developed new capabilities that would neutralize any threat from abroad,...
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Turkey failed to convince Russia to share missile technology, agree to co-production
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey’s quest to acquire a second S-400 missile system from Russia’s arms export agency Rosoboronexport has gone...
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Military agreement allowing Turkey-Serbia joint exercises sparks debate in Turkish Parliament
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A military framework agreement between Turkey and Serbia, signed in 2019, is under consideration for ratification by...
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Embargoes on procuring precision machine tools pose challenge for Turkey’s defense industry
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The real challenge Turkey’s Islamist rulers face as they endeavor to develop a local defense industry, already...
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US formed a new partnership to remove Turkey from global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The United States had to establish a new partnership for the development and production of the global...
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Turkey’s quest to acquire Russian fighter jets put on ice over cost concerns
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s quest to purchase Russian Sukhoi fighter jets to blackmail Turkey's ally, the...
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Turkey to train its pilots on Qatar’s French-made jets to counter Greece’s Rafale fleet
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish Air Force is set to train with Qatar’s French-made Dassault Rafale jets to counter the...
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Turkey’s defense minister admits failure of tank project run by Erdoğan’s friend
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar briefed lawmakers last week on the Altay national tank project during budget negotiations...
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Statistics show Turkey’s arms sales to Africa boomed in 2021
Levent Kenez/Stockholm According to Turkey's 2021 export figures announced by the Turkish Exporters Assembly last week, Turkey's arms sales reached...
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