Military
Turkish Air Force supervised operations of Swedish, Finnish aircraft in NATO exercise
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Finland and Sweden, for which Turkey has put forward conditions for NATO membership, continue to participate in...
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Turkish commandos practiced capturing an island and planted a Turkish flag in a naval exercise targeting Greece
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Mavi Vatan (Blue Homeland) 2022 naval exercise, which was held simultaneously in the Aegean and Black seas...
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Turkey downplays impact of invasion of Ukraine on trade, refrains from criticizing Russia
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish government has been downplaying the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on trade routes...
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Turkish gendarmerie, accused of running illegal drugs, to train Kuwaiti national guard
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Turkey is set to provide training to the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) on military and law enforcement...
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Turkey introduced its new missile with a video targeting a Greek island
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor Roketsan, a subsidiary of the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, introduced its new...
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New official figures show 24,339 pro-NATO officers including top generals purged from the Turkish military in 5 years
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Ministry of Defense on Friday announced updated figures of staff purged from the Turkish military since...
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Turkey fails to extract 2 military aircraft stranded in Kyiv despite hosting peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has not yet recovered two military cargo planes that landed in Kyiv a few hours before the...
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After drone sale, Turkey now to train Ethiopian army accused of committing war crimes in civil war
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has started the parliamentary process to put into effect a military cooperation agreement signed with Ethiopia last...
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Turkey accelerates ratification of bilateral defense agreements to increase arms exports to Africa
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey has speeded up the approval of bilateral defense cooperation agreements with African countries in order to increase arms...
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Turkey deployed personnel to operate armed drones in targeting Russian military in Ukraine
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish-made Bayraktar armed drones deployed by the Ukrainian army to destroy Russian military targets in the recent conflict...
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