Military
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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Turkey will train Ugandan army and special forces, expanding influence in Africa
Levent Kenez/Stockholm The Turkish government has recently put the Military Training Cooperation Agreement signed with Uganda on its agenda for...
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Turkey set to approve agreement with Mozambique that includes military intelligence sharing
Nordic Monitor/Stockholm Turkey is poised to approve a comprehensive military agreement with the southern African nation of Mozambique that includes...
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Ankara urges Germany to lift arms export restrictions and approve Eurofighter purchase
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ankara seeks Germany's lifting of various restrictions imposed on arms exports since 2016 and the removal of its reservations regarding Turkey's...
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