Slovakia’s Miroslav Lajcak will pay an official visit to Turkey on May 13 at the invitation of Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Anatolia news agency reported May 12. In addition to the meeting with Davutoglu, Lajcak will be received by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin, and possibly by Prime Minister Recep [...]
The two largest Greek unions ordered the fourth general strike of 2010 to be held May 20, Bloomberg reported May 12. The General Confederation of Labor and the Civil Servants’ Supreme Administrative Council earlier planned to conduct the strike May 19 when an 8.5 billion euro ($10.6 billion) Greek bond redemption is due. The strike [...]
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran, Turkey and Brazil will consider a uranium swap deal for a Tehran medical research reactor, IRNA reported May 12. Mottaki said Iran hopes preparations for a deal will begin when the Brazilian and Turkish presidents visit Tehran the week of May 17. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev praised the proposal [...]
Fighters with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party are being urged to launch attacks on Turkish cities in retaliation against a government policy shift that Kurds claim works against their political will. In response, Turkish special forces have been sent to several provinces in southeastern Turkey. If violence breaks out in the cities, it could affect the [...]
Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul gives an interview like How do you evaluate current level of the Azerbaijan-Turkey military cooperation? Are you satisfied with the outcomes? – We have established cooperation in a number of defense sector spheres since Azerbaijan reached its independence and this process is continuing now. There is good cooperation on the [...]
Amman. Rashad Suleymanov APA. Turkish Oztek Company and the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan began production of multi-spectral camouflage for tanks, armored vehicles and other military equipments to prevent their detection by radars and thermal cameras, Ahmet Oztek, Chairman of the Companys Board of Governors told APA. The joint production began last year, said [...]
Turkey and Russia have signed a deal that would enable Russian company Atomstroyexport to build a nuclear power plant in Turkey’s south. The $20 billion deal envisages the completion of the plant within seven years, putting Turkey among nations that utilize nuclear energy. During Russian President Medvedev’s visit to Ankara, the two countries also sign [...]
A preliminary agreement to sell 250 armored personnel carriers to the Malaysian Army would be the Turkish defense industry’s largest single export deal, a senior Turkish procurement official said May 6. The letter of intent was signed in mid-April by FNSS, based here, and the Malaysian government. The two sides are expected to sign a [...]
Ozkan Dalbay, director general of Turkey’s satellite communications company, TURKSAT, said on Friday that they were planning to send a small satellite to space next year. “TURKSAT will send a communication satellite, totally designed and manufactured in Turkey, to space at the beginning of 2015,” he said in an exclusive interview with the A.A correspondent. [...]
At a conference on collaboration of universities and defense industries, the undersecretary for defense industries focuses on plans to provide the Turkish Armed Forces with domestic designs. Meanwhile, a university rector focuses on the need for autonomy for universities to create their own budget and resources. The Undersecretary for Defense Industries has expressed the will [...]
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