Russia secured a long-term foothold in the energy-rich and unstable Caucasus region last week by signing a deal with Armenia that allows a Russian military base to operate until 2044 in exchange for a promise of new weaponry and fresh security guarantees.
The 24-year extension will allow the base’s fighter jets and thousands of troops to [...]
Turkish officials have asked the United States administration to increase its pressure on Congress to approve a pending arms sale to Turkey, which needs arms in the fight against terror, according to diplomatic sources.
“We have realized that we should inform members of Congress better on Turkey and current issues. To this end, we will send [...]
Two Turkish generals and an admiral who were not promoted have appealed to the Military High Administrative Court, Hurriyet Daily News reported Aug. 27. Maj. Gens. Halil Helvacoglu and Gurbuz Kaya, and Rear Adm. Abdullah Gavremoglu, suspects in the Sledgehammer case, say their promotions were prevented unnecessarily. They instead received special duties. Defense Minister Vecdi [...]
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Aug. 26 that Turkey will not open its border with Armenia during NATO exercises set to take place Sept. 11-17, Trend News reported, citing a report from DHA news agency. Davutoglu said the exercises, which Turkey will attend, will be entirely humanitarian in nature.
Turkey is set to remove Russia, Iran, Iraq and Greece from a list of countries considered threats to national security in one of the most significant security reviews since the Cold War, daily Milliyet reported Monday.
The updated list is a part of a larger security review being undertaken by the National Security [...]
Turkey will remove Iran from its watch list of nations considered as specific threats to Turkish national security, the Milliyet newspaper said on Aug. 23, AFP reported. Turkey’s National Security Council produces the list. The revisions will be adopted in October and will no longer refer to Iran as a “specific threat.” It will also [...]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rounded off his trip to Greece yesterday with a visit to the Saronic Gulf island of Poros, where he held further talks with Greek officials aimed at seeking cooperation between the two countries, particularly on defense issues.
Prime Minister George Papandreou accompanied Netanyahu to Poros. The pair sat down for talks [...]
U.S. military forces will begin a four-part mission in Iraq next month when the U.S. State Department assumes operational lead in the country, with a major focus on Arab-Turkish relations.
American troops will on Sept. 1 formally shift from counterinsurgency operations to stabilization efforts, Pentagon and State Department officials said Aug. 17.
Colin Kahl, deputy assistant secretary [...]
The White House on Aug. 16 denied news reports that President Obama warned Turkey it could lose its chance to obtain US-made weapons over its position on Israel and Iran.
The Financial Times quoted a senior official as saying that Obama told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that “some of the actions that Turkey has [...]
The appointment of Francis Joseph Ricciardone as the next US ambassador to Turkey is facing obstruction by the Senate where some Republican senators think the veteran diplomat is too soft to deal with Ankara.
Ricciardone, nominated by President Barack Obama in July, had been expected to easily get a confirmation vote in the Senate after the [...]
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