 Turkish gendarmery and police forces confiscated tons of hashish and heroin in 2010.  The security forces impounded 70 tons of hashish, 11 tons of heroin, 223 kilograms of opium, 279 kilograms of cocaine and almost 2 million illicit pills in their operations throughout Turkey in 2010. They detained 40,211 people in their operation [...]
German prosecutors are targeting a Greek former defense minister in a corruption probe concerning a submarine deal, the weekly Der Spiegel reported in its edition to be published April 18. The weekly said Akis Tsohatzopoulos, who is also the object of an inquiry in Greece, had been named in charges against two former directors of [...]
Taiwan plans to build a new ‘stealth’ warship armed with guided-missiles next year in response to China’s naval build-up, a top military officer and a lawmaker said Monday. Construction of the prototype of the 500-ton corvette is due to start in 2012 for completion in 2014, deputy defense minister Lin Yu-pao said in answer to [...]
To date in the federal election campaign, there has been little discussion about Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan. The major combat commitment is due to end in July, but the Canadian army will continue to deploy up to 1,000 personnel to serve as trainers for the Afghan security forces until 2014. When this three-year extension [...]
Aselsan, a top military electronics company and Turkey’s largest defense firm, will build a plant costing $30 million in Kazakhstan to produce night vision systems used in armored vehicles and electro optical equipments. Executives from Aselsan signed an agreement with Kazakhstan Engineering to start a joint venture named “Aselsan-Kazakhstan Engineering†in the capital city of [...]
Ankara has officially warned Armenia about the need to stop the exploitation of the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant. Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz said that the station was built 40 years ago and while the station were building the modern standards haven’t take into account, reported AzerTAj. According to him to [...]
Azerbaijan’s minister of the defence industry, Yaver Jamalov, and Turkish Defence Minister Vecdi Gonul, signed an agreement on the joint production of missiles for multiple rocket launch systems in February this year. In November, Roketsan and the Azerbaijani ministry signed a deal on the same project to produce 107 and 122-mm missiles. In a separate [...]
The world’s military spending grew by only 1.3 percent in 2010, thanks to budget constraints caused by the global financial crisis, with the top five countries engaged in military spending identified as the United States, China, Britain, France and Russia, a Swedish think tank said Monday. South America, with 5.8 percent, was the region [...]
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Turkey’s top procurement body has once again delayed a much-expected, multibillion-dollar decision planned for Tuesday to select between an U.S. company and an Italian firm to lead the production of Turkey’s next generation of military utility helicopters. The key reason is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan’s ongoing visit to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council [...]
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Bürosan, a domestic furniture company in the southern province of Adana, has launched exports to Italy, Executive Board Chairman Murat Dilme told Anatolia news agency on Monday. Dilme said the Turkish furniture sector made great progress in recent years and his company had begun exporting furniture items to Italy, a country that defines global furniture [...]
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