Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul has said that Turkey will always stand shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijan and back its military development. Speaking at the IDEX-2011 International Defence Exhibition under way in Abu Dhabi, Vecdi Gonul said that military cooperation between Ankara and Baku was expanding rapidly and would soon grow even more, ANS PRESS [...]
Turkey will receive one additional S-70B Seahawk naval warfare helicopter from the U.S. manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft because of a delay of more than a year in the delivery of 17 such platforms, one senior Turkish procurement official said Feb. 10. Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), the procurement agency, and Sikorsky Aircraft in November 2006 [...]
Azerbaijan and Turkey have signed an agreement on the joint production of reactive rockets, a source in the Azerbaijani Defense Industry Ministry told Trend on Monday. Azerbaijani Defense Industry Minister Yaver Jamalov and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul signed the relevant document in the framework of the international exhibition “IDEX -2011″ in Abu Dhabi. According [...]
The laser — a 50-year-old invention now used in everything from CDs to laser pointers — has met its match in the “antilaser,” the first device capable of trapping and canceling out laser beams. While such a device would seem most fitting in a science fiction movie, its real-world application will likely be in next-generation, [...]
Foreign Ministry of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said that the TRNC government launched some significant initiatives regarding procedure for worships conducted by people living in TRNC. Accordingly, Greek Cypriots can hold religious ceremonies in TRNC without permission whenever they want. A statement by TRNC’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Greek Cypriot [...]
The American who shot dead two Pakistanis on a Lahore street is a CIA agent who was on assignment at the time of the incident, a UK paper said. Raymond Davis has been the subject of widespread speculation since he opened fire with a semi-automatic Glock pistol on the two men who had pulled up [...]
Looters in Libya have attacked Turkish companies with projects that are worth more than $15 billion, Turkey’s foreign trade minister said on Monday, as hundreds of Turks were evacuated from the country. Violent unrest against long-time Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has spread to the capital Tripoli, where dozens of people were reported killed overnight. His [...]
Turkish defense contractor Aselsan and International Golden Group from the United Arab Emirates are set to launch a joint venture in Kazakhstan. The joint venture will become operational in the first half of this year with Aselsan and the IGG holding 49 percent and 51 percent of the shares, respectively, Aselsan said in a regulatory [...]
As violence escalates in the Middle East, one bold regional voice stands out — Turkey. It is taking on the role of regional model, mediator and leader But its ambition of being a regional model and leader is tampered by its patchy human rights record and tension between the East and West, writes Christopher Torchia.  [...]
Stressing that there isn’t the slightest sign that the terror organization the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has given up its aims to establish an “independent Kurdistan,†associate professor at the National Turkish Police Academy Süleyman Özeren explained that its incorrect to view the PKK as “a thing of the past.† Özeren noted that it [...]
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