ISLAMABAD, Jul 14 (APP): Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday stressed the need to initiate joint defence production projects between Paksitan and Turkey. He expressed these views in a meeting with a Pakistani defence delegation, led by Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar who called on him, says a fax message received from Ankara. Mr. Gul [...]
Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry has announced the start of large-scale operations in the northern Quba, Khachmaz and Qusar districts that border Russia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported Wednesday on its Web site. The objective of the operations, which began Tuesday, is to search for internationally wanted members of organized-crime and terrorist groups, as well as other [...]
ISLAMABAD, Jul 14 (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday supported Turkey’s stance for an immediate compensation to the victims of Mavi Marmara who were brutally killed by Israeli army on May 31 and demanded that Israel should tender apology for the incident. The support to the brotherly country was assured by Pakistan’s Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar who [...]
An army of Turkish cranes and bulldozers is at work across the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, building dams, stadiums and highways in a boom that is driving Turkey to record growth and bolstering its efforts at becoming a regional power broker. Frustrated by slow progress toward joining the European Union, the Justice and [...]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited some interesting spots over the July 4 weekend. Her itinerary included Poland and Ukraine, both intriguing choices in light of the recent Obama-Medvedev talks in Washington. But she also traveled to a region that has not been on the American radar screen much in the last two years [...]
NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Mark Sedwill on July 12 requested that Turkey extend its mission to lead the Kabul Regional Command for an additional year, NTV reported July 14. Turkey did not give a definitive response and is presently assessing the request.
The Turkish government is currently assessing a plan to create a special ground force exclusively dedicated to fighting Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants along the country’s southeastern border with Iraq, NTV reported July 14. Members of this special unit will receive advanced training, high compensation and will operate in conflict zones in southeastern Turkey (and [...]
France claimed a world-first vertical strike of a laser-guided AASM smart munition on July 9. “The Direction GĂ©nĂ©rale pour l’Armement (DGA) completed successfully Thursday June 17 2010 the first firing of an modular air to ground weapon (armament air sol modulaire – AASM) in a laser version at its Biscarosse site,” the procurement office said [...]
The European Union’s treatment of Turkey has been “unfair,” NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said July 7 in the Danish daily Politiken, Hurriyet reported. Rasmussen urged the European Union to “take a series of pragmatic steps to improve relations with Turkey” outside of Turkey’s accession negotiations with Brussels. The NATO chief advised the European Union [...]
A proposal to restructure the Turkish Foreign Ministry was approved by the Turkish parliament, Milliyet reported July 8. According to the proposal, new posts for specific duties — such as consular affairs — will be created in order to free up diplomats to conduct political matters. The proposal will also allow deserving candidates to qualify [...]
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