Turkey’s electricity demand is envisioned to increase 6.3-7 percent between 2009 and 2018. Deloitte, an international consulting and accounting firm, prepared a report on Turkish electricity energy market, and envisioned that Turkey’s electricity energy demand would increase incrementally in medium and long term after the global economic crisis. According to the report, electricity energy sector [...]
Aug 28 2010 | Posted in
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A German energy firm said on Friday that it was constructing a 500 million Euro power plant to Turkey as it had confidence in Turkish economy. German energy company, RWE, has started to construct an energy power plant in the Aegean province of Denizli together with its Turkish partner Turcas Corporation. “We will provide permanent [...]
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Gen. Ilker Basbug, the outgoing chief of the military staff in Turkey on Friday handed the post over to Gen. Isik Kosaner (65), who will serve as the head of the second largest army in NATO for the next three years. A handover ceremony was held in capital Ankara. Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime [...]
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Two Turkish generals and an admiral who were not promoted have appealed to the Military High Administrative Court, Hurriyet Daily News reported Aug. 27. Maj. Gens. Halil Helvacoglu and Gurbuz Kaya, and Rear Adm. Abdullah Gavremoglu, suspects in the Sledgehammer case, say their promotions were prevented unnecessarily. They instead received special duties. Defense Minister Vecdi [...]
Russian natural gas supplies to Turkey via the Blue Stream pipeline have nearly doubled because of a pipeline explosion in Iran, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said Aug. 26, RIA Novosti reported. Gazprom is now sending 37 million cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey per day, Kupriyanov said.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Aug. 26 that Turkey will not open its border with Armenia during NATO exercises set to take place Sept. 11-17, Trend News reported, citing a report from DHA news agency. Davutoglu said the exercises, which Turkey will attend, will be entirely humanitarian in nature.
Two Iranian passenger planes made an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on Aug. 26, APA reported, citing Dogan News Agency. Mahan Air’s Airbus A300 flying from Tehran to Dusseldorf, Germany, was forced to make the landing when pilots noticed a fire in the engine. An hour later, Iran Air’s Airbus A300 encountered undisclosed problems [...]
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The relationship between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gulen movement — allies in undermining the power of Turkey’s unelected secular establishment in the military and judiciary — appears to be fraying. The differences are rooted in the proper role for Turkey on the international stage and the speed at which the [...]
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The Colombian government and army are studying a range of solutions jointly offered by Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Turkey’s Aselsan to fulfil the country’s requirement for a new main battle tank (MBT), sources in Bogotá have told Jane’s . The Israeli-Turkish offer includes a wide number of options – ranging from General Dynamics Land [...]
First test flights of T129 attack helicopters produced within the framework of Turkish ATAK program will start in spring of 2011. Executer vice-president of TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) Inc. United Helicopters Systems Emre Yazichi told APA. To him, it is planned to give the first T129 helicopter to the Armed Forces in July of 2013: [...]
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