The suspension of three generals involved in coup plans against the government by two ministers last week continues to remain a hot item on the agenda in the country. The generals were not promoted at the Supreme Military Council (YAÅ) meeting in August due to resistance from the government and the president. Â These generals, [...]
Following the approval of a missile-defense shield system at the NATO meeting in Lisbon last week, eyes have turned to a long-range missile defense system on which Turkey has been working on for itself; however the ambiguity over the details of NATO project has made Turkey to lay its project down to the table again. [...]
Turkish Minister of Transport and Communication Binali Yıldırım has confirmed that a third airport is scheduled to be built on the European side of Istanbul, Anatolia news agency reported Monday. “The new airport will serve an annual capacity of 60 million passengers and have two separate tarmacs,†Yıldırım told Anatolia, adding that it would be [...]
Leaked documents revealing harsh U.S. criticism of Turkey’s approach toward Israel and Iran – and diplomats’ suspicions about the ruling party’s “Islamist†agenda – have sparked concerns that the revelations could damage relations between Washington and Ankara. Analysts say, however, that the statements contained in the diplomatic cables released late Sunday by the whistleblower website [...]
Turkish home appliances and electronics giant subsidiary Vestel Defence has won a $20 million contract to supply the Turkish Armed Forces with 8 of their new Karayel unmanned aerial surveillance vehicles (UAV)Â and 2 base stations for command and control, said the chairman of the company’s execute committee, Omer Yungul. “It’s a good start for us” [...]
Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Turkish space technology and telecommunications company TURKSAT have signed an agreement to develop and launch a 4-kilogram pico satellite that will constitute Turkey’s first indigenous communications satellite in the pico category. Turkish amateur radio operators and communications enthusiasts will also be able to track the signal and make us of the [...]
Russia has grounded all of its MiG-31 interceptors after one crashed. The 200 or so in service will be examined to see if there is a common defect that might cause others to crash. MiG aircraft in general have a reputation for these kinds of problems. Mig-21s, MiG-23/27s and MiG-29 all have had these design [...]
Pakistani officials have inspected the first of four Chinese  (Air Warning And Control System) aircraft. The aircraft was recently completed, and will enter service in a few months. These aircraft were ordered two years ago, for nearly $300 million each. Pakistan is also buying similar aircraft from Sweden. China has been developing its own AWACS for [...]
Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks to German news magazine Der Spiegel show U.S. diplomats have doubts about Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip ErdoÄŸan’s dependability as a partner. American diplomats distrust ErdoÄŸan and his unrealistic views on the world, wrote Der Spiegel. He gets his information almost exclusively from newspapers with links to the Islamists and allegedly [...]
Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, or SSM, is updating its practices to boost exports through a credit mechanism designed within the scope of a new strategy package. The new package calls for the establishment of the Defense Industry Exporters Association and the identification of priority products and priority countries for the industry. Turkey’s defense exports [...]
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