Two teams of astronomers have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The water, equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean, surrounds a huge, feeding black hole, called a quasar, more than 12 billion light-years away. “The environment around this quasar is very unique [...]
Turkish exports of armored vehicles are expanding, including purchases by the United States for the first time. A senior Turkish military procurement official involved with supporting Turkish arms exports, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Hurriyet that Turkish armored vehicle manufacturers are expanding beyond their traditional Middle Eastern markets. “We are happy to see these [...]
Turkey had a budget surplus of 2.9 billion Turkish Liras in the first half of this year, the largest nominal first-half surplus in the last 41 years, Finance Minister Mehmet ÅimÅŸek announced Friday. The government’s performance was a “historic success,†ÅimÅŸek said at a press conference called to report on the budget performance in the [...]
Thirteen soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an ambush in Diyarbakır’s Silvan district, the Anatolia news agency reported Thursday. Alarmed by the news, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan canceled all of his programs and called for an emergency security meeting in his office in Ankara. Beşir Atalay, deputy prime minister in charge of security [...]
Roketsan is completing development of a trio of guided anti-armour weapons Turkish Land Forces Command is the main customer, but the missiles will be marketed for exports Since the mid-1990s Turkey’s Roketsan has firmly established itself in the design, development and production of unguided surface-to-surface rockets. During the past decade, however, the company has ventured [...]
By John Stanton These are gruesome days: the Single Bullet Doctrine rules. The world is truly adrift and on the brink of a global “somethingâ€. Everyone can feel it here in the USA. The US system of government is often described as a layer cake: federal on top, state in the middle, and local at [...]
Indonesia is expected to shake hands with Turkey soon on the production of two submarines, a Turkish Ministry of Defense official has told. Speaking on condition of anonymity in line with the ministry’s policy, the source said bilateral talks were launched between the two allies when Indonesia made Turkey the offer because of recent notable [...]
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