With China rising as a world power, Turkey has intensified its efforts to increase dialogue, sending its foreign minister to the Asian nation for a weeklong trip just three weeks after receiving the Chinese prime minister. Experts say, however, that it will not be easy to establish an equal relationship with Beijing. “The increase in [...]
Defense electronics giant Aselsan, A.S. signed a $3.5 million agreement with Turkey’s scientific and technological research organization (TUBITAK) for building a new S+X-band satellite monitoring and orbital control station for its new space center in Ankara, dubbed TUBITAK-Uzay. According to Aselsan’s official press release, the new center will become operational in 2012.
Israel’s Elbit Systems has been chosen by Baku to upgrade T-72 tanks of the army in Azerbaijan. Local reports suggest the deal has already been sealed after the Israeli army was testing several upgraded tanks in Azerbaijan. The T-72s had new fire control systems and armor. Elbit was competing against the Turkish Aselsan company, while [...]
Raytheon has entered into an agreement with a leading Turkish defense systems manufacturer to for the co-development of a major end item for the Patriot Air and Missile defense system. Under the agreement, Raytheon will subcontract to Aselsan, based in Ankara, the co-development of the antenna mast group for Patriot Configuration-3 systems for the United [...]
With already-troubled Turkey-U.S. ties further challenged by NATO plans for a missile defense system, Washington is now attempting to use one of the touchiest issues in the two countries’ relationship to gain Turkish cooperation. Frustrated by the growing divergence of views, the United States has warned Turkey that it will not be able to block [...]
With Turkish-Israeli relations on the rocks, the Jewish state has found a new friend in Greece — Turkey’s neighbor and longtime nemesis. The Israeli and Greek air forces conducted a joint drill in southern Greece last week. Then on Monday in Jerusalem, the Greek and Israeli foreign ministers signed a civil-aviation agreement — the countries’ [...]
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Yezhel signed a plan of bilateral cooperation in defense for 2011 with Azerbaijani counterpart, Colonel General Safar Abiyev today, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. The same cooperation plan for 2011 was signed by the Ukrainian side with the Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, RBC-Ukraine reported. The relevant documents were signed in [...]
American influence has so dwindled in Iraq over the last several months that Iraqi lawmakers and political leaders say they no longer follow Washington’s advice for forming a government. Instead, Iraqis are turning to neighboring nations, and especially Iran, for guidance — casting doubt on the future of the American role in this strategic country [...]
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) cannot understand how valuable Turkish democracy is for Turkey’s Kurdish citizens and is now working in vain to establish an autonomous Kurdish state within Turkey. Speaking in an interview with the state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation’s (TRT) TV station TRT El Türkiye [...]
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoan has said there is no obstacle to cooperation between Turkey and Greece in the Aegean Sea, which has long been a matter of heated debate between the two countries. In an interview on Monday with the Greek Skai TV before his planned trip to Athens on Friday, Erdoan argued that [...]
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