Tag: Turkey

TAI installs missile destroyer on A400M aircraft (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Turkish Aerospace Industries has built and integrated a directional infrared countermeasure system for the A400M multinational heavy transport aircraft, the company announced. Claiming that the “A400M...

Airlines Move To Limit Flow Of Migrants To Belarus Amid Looming Crisis (RFE RL)

Several airlines have announced they will limit access to flights between Turkey and Minsk to stem the flow of migrants from the Middle East...

Turkmenistan’s dissidents fear crackdown in Turkish exile (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

On a chilly afternoon in Istanbul’s Kadikoy neighbourhood, Nurmukhammed Annaev poked his head out of the window looking for fellow dissidents from Turkmenistan who...

Belarusian airline stops flying Middle East citizens from Turkey (Al Jazeera)

Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia has said it will stop allowing citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen to board flights from Turkey to Belarus at...

Altay power pack talks between Turkey, SKorea changes to off-the-shelf supply (Burak Ege Bekdil, Defense News)

Negotiations between Turkish and South Korean companies to power Turkey’s first indigenous tank are shifting from plans for co-production in the European country to an off-the-shelf...

Chechen Strongman Drives New Wedge Between Russia and Turkey (Aslan Doukaev, The Jamestown Foundation)

Like any other relationship, the partnership between Turkey and Russia has had its ups and downs, twists and turns. The downing by Turkey, in...

Why are Turkish-allied formations collapsing in Syria? (Sultan al-Kanj, Al Monitor)

Sources close to Sultan Soleman Shah Brigade, one of the largest factions of the Syrian Liberation Front, said that the brigade has effectively withdrawn from the...

Turkish inflation nears 20% on rising food, energy costs (Diego Cupolo, Al Monitor)

Turkey’s annual consumer inflation rate rose to 19.89% in October, according to official data published Wednesday by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Up from 19.58% in...

Interest payments top education, healthcare in Ankara’s 2022 budget (Mustafa Sonmez, Al Monitor)

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many people's view of government budgets, with the focus shifting from deficits to cushioning the fallout of the pandemic. Amid...

Uncertainty for Syrians in Turkey as opposition warms to Assad (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

Taha Elgazi says he is on a mission to meet anyone who hates refugees. The 37-year-old fled the war in Syria in 2013 for Turkey,...

Ankara faces new calls to release philanthropist Osman Kavala (Nazlan Ertan, Al Monitor)

A week after Turkey and 10 Western countries averted a diplomatic crisis over imprisoned philanthropist Osman Kavala, Ankara is once again facing calls for his release. Meanwhile,...

Turkey’s Erdogan: Biden will do ‘his best’ for F-16 sale (Suzan Frazer, The Associated Press, Defense News)

U.S. President Joe Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that their countries must better manage disagreements after the partnership between NATO...

Legal ambiguity becomes the norm in Erdogan’s Turkey (Pinar Tremblay, Al Monitor)

Turkish Minister of Interior Suleyman Soylu gave a speech addressing Turkey's female mukhtars. Mukhtars are elected neighborhood administrators, and there are over 50,000 of them throughout...

Turkish army coordinates with Syrian proxy forces ahead of possible military action (Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor)

The Turkish army continues to send military reinforcements to the areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in northeastern Syria, amid ongoing Turkish threats against Kurdish forces in the area. Meanwhile, the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) factions are...

In troubled US-Turkey relations, F-16 deal seen as path for dialogue (Diego Cupolo)

Following several scheduling changes, US President Joe Biden and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome...

Strong Ukraine-Turkey partnership holds the key to Black Sea security (Dmytro Kuleba, Atlantic Council)

As NATO mulls over its strategy in the Black Sea region and seeks to ensure stability and security in what is an increasingly turbulent...