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Turkish defense industry increases its role in modernization of Tunisian military

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Erdoğan promoted Turkish general who leaked secret NATO documents in honey-trap scheme

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President Aliyev praises performance of Turkish armed drones against Armenia

October 8, 2020

Nordic Monitor Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has confirmed the use of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones) against...

Turkey continues assistance to Somali army to guarantee its presence in the country

October 2, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkey considers the Somali army a guarantor of its presence in the vulnerable and fragile African country...

Turkey records significant drop in defense industry exports in January-August 2020

September 25, 2020

Nordic Monitor Turkey’s latest official export figures show a sharp decline in the country’s defense and aerospace export sales...

EU sanctions Turkish company at a time when Operation Irini reaches full capability

September 30, 2020

Nordic Monitor The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Turkey's Avrasya Shipping, accused of violating a UN arms...

Turkey was prepared to shoot down a second Russian fighter jet, classified documents reveal

The specter of Turkey’s Oraj Air Force plot to provoke Greece still looms large

September 17, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt / Stockholm The memory of a secret 2003 plan to shoot down a Turkish F-16 fighter jet...

Turkey gears up for conflict with Greece, Cyprus in outer space, secret document reveals

September 8, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt While Turkey’s current tensions with Greece and Cyprus are focused on lingering disagreements on earth, the Turkish military...

Turkish defense minister misled Pentagon into believing he would thwart Erdoğan, stop Turkey’s slide from NATO

September 10, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s Defense Minister and former Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar led the Pentagon to believe that...

Maverick F-16 combat pilot exposed false claim of plan to intercept presidential plane to kill Erdoğan

January 9, 2021

Abdullah Bozkurt An F-16 combat pilot who was accused of attempting to intercept the presidential plane in a false...

Navy special ops officer who helped evacuate Turks from Lebanon was brutally tortured in Turkey

August 30, 2020

Abdullah Bozkurt Murat Fırat, a 41-year-old officer at the Turkish navy's elite special forces unit, Underwater Offense (Su Altı Taarruz,...

Turkey planned military action against Armenia

Turkey’s president, defense minister ignored warnings of military advisors about risks of downing Russian jet