Military
Turkish military still lacks qualified officers for promotion to general
Levent Kenez/Stockholm In NATO’s second-largest army, officers promoted to the rank of general continue to be less educated and qualified...
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Turkey admits to allowing Ethiopia to deploy drones involved in mass civilian casualties
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A high-ranking Turkish government official has acknowledged that Turkey granted permission for Ethiopia to deploy Turkish-manufactured armed drones,...
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Turkey plans to increase drone sales to African countries with Saudi financing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey plans to sell drones to economically disadvantaged African countries using financing from Saudi Arabia, with the drones to...
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Turkey to deploy warships and explore for oil and natural gas in Somali waters
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey, in line with an energy agreement signed on February 8, 2024, is set to commence oil and...
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Erdogan dismissed 81 pct of top Turkish military officers following controversial coup attempt in 2016
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shared updated statistics regarding the purge of military officers following a coup attempt...
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Turkey installs GPS tracking and spyware on strategic arms exports
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government's neglect of its international responsibility to prevent exported weapons from reaching unintended end-users came under...
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Turkish military to enforce strict social media ban for soldiers after security breaches and ambushes
Levent Kenez/Stockholm An amendment to the Personnel Law of the Turkish Armed Forces that introduces new restrictions on social media...
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Erdogan government unconcerned about where its exported weapons are used
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The opposition has accused the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of neglecting its international responsibility to...
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Turkey’s expanded military, defense and intelligence ops obscured behind framework agreements
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey has increasingly favored comprehensive framework agreements with other nations to obscure subsequent deals in military, defense and...
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Erdogan grants himself the authority to declare state of war
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assumed the authority to declare a mobilization and a state of war....
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