Military
Turkish Land Forces struggle to boost combat capabilities, lack adequate manpower, secret document reveals
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm The Turkish military’s main combat arm, the Land Forces (Kara Kuvvetleri), will have a hard time finding...
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Turkey to send unlimited number of military troops to Qatar for World Cup without any written agreement, unlike other countries
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish parliament on October 5 approved a presidential motion for Turkish troops to serve in Qatar during...
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Turkish defense industry hits a snag on engines, transmissions to power domestically produced aircraft and tanks
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm Sanctions and export restrictions imposed on Turkey’s ambitious defense industry have taken a toll on the development...
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Russia accused Turkey of planning to equip Bayraktar drones with biological/chemical weapons
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm In a cache of documents submitted to the UN Security Council, Russia accused Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar...
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Erdoğan accelerates the Islamization of the army before elections
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last week inaugurated the Naval Academy Mosque on Victory Day, a holiday celebrating...
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Erdoğan’s son-in-law, the manufacturer of Bayraktar armed drones, worried about change in government
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Selçuk Bayraktar, the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and chief technology officer of Baykar Makina, which produces...
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Turkey cements military ties with Somalia, has already trained one-third of its army
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish Defense Ministry frequently shares posts on social media about Somali officers and soldiers who are trained in...
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Turkish defense minister refers to executed Greek officials, claiming the status of the Greek islands is controversial
Levent Kenez /Stockholm Turkish defense minister and former chief of general staff Hulusi Akar has claimed that the islands that...
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Turkey is hiding the facts about planes stranded in Ukraine, according to military experts
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's attempts to retrieve two military cargo planes stuck in Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion on...
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Documents show Iraq claims thousands of Turkish violations of its territory and airspace
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey's military presence in Iraq again became news after nine civilians died in an alleged Turkish artillery attack...
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