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The U.S Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had apologised to Turkey with a written statement over their claims of allegedly revealing Turkey's oil trade with Daesh, Daily Sabah learned from diplomatic sources on Dec 16. According to the high level diplomatic sources the incident happened on Sept...

PKK and Iranian govt to support each other PKK and Iranian govt sign an agreement that PKK has suspended military operations inside Iran; in return, Iranian govt will support PKK especially in Iraq. World Bulletin / News Desk Local news agencies are reporting that the latest tensions between...

Take it with a grain of salt --- The Middle East and North Africa The Middle East — particularly the area between the Levant and Iran, along with North Africa — is experiencing national breakdowns. By this we mean that the nation-states established by European powers in the 19th and 20th...

For non-Turkish voters; you are free to vote, but keep it reasonable and write down your argument. On the 30th of this month Turkey’s procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), will have to make a decision about the air defense tender, which has been delayed 3 times...

Kurdish soldiers trained by Israelis Newsnight has obtained the first pictures of Kurdish soldiers being trained by Israelis in Northern Iraq, as well as an interview with one of the former commandos who carried out the work. When the former Israeli special forces soldiers were sent to Iraq...

A Greek court on Thursday refused Turkey's demand to extradite Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) member pending Greece's response to his political asylum request. The Thessaloniki Court of Appeals ruled not to extradite Tekin who had been detained in a home in Greece's...

As a part of an inter-governmental agreement up to 600 Turkish students will be able to attend nuclear engineering courses in Russia World Bulletin/News Desk More than 4000 Turkish students applied for 100 places on nuclear engineering courses in Russia, a manager at Turkey's Akkuyu Nuclear...

ANKARA — Turkish officials, increasingly wary of a controversial decision in September to select a Chinese company to construct the country’s first long-range air defense system, might consider a more time-consuming but entirely local option for the program. A senior procurement official said...

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi Hadi accused Iran of backing secessionist groups in southern Yemen and "religious" movements in northern Yemen – the latter an apparent reference to the Shiite Houthi group. World Bulletin / News Desk Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Monday...

ANKARA — The head of Turkey’s defense procurement agency said he is “disappointed” with local private companies’ performance, citing “a general lack of quality [in production standards] and a general reluctance to engage in R&D [research and development] activity and long-term investment vision...

After having experienced several Uyghur related threads on PDF, I realized that we, Turkish members, should have our own thread for it where we can freely discuss without unnecessary restrictions. News about the current situation could be placed and discussed here. However, I do not wish to see...

Turkey boosts military production to improve economy, 4 February 2014 --- According to recently released data by the Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM), domestic defence production increased from 10 percent to 50 percent while military exports rose from $600 million in 2008 to $1.4 billion in...

POLITICS - US supports Gülen to get rid of PM Erdoğan, senior PKK member claims ------ The United States is behind a plot against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and supports the Fethullah Gülen Movement to remove Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from office, according to a...

DEFENSE UPDATE - Innovation key to ‘breakthrough’ in Turkish defense industry 'One optimistic view holds that Turkey’s local defense industry has made remarkable progress in the past decade. Cautious optimists say this is an exaggeration. Pessimists think the Turkish industry remains too...

ABD'den Türkiye'ye 'silahlı İHA' şoku - ZAMAN short summary: the US govt didn't give permission to West-Cam, an American company that is supposed to deliver some UAV parts, to Turkey. Reason being the USA not willing that Turkish drones get armed. The parts in question, a camera system and...

NATO member states’ defense officials are strongly opposed Turkey’s deal with a Chinese firm to co-produce its first long-range anti-missile system. They desribe the Chinese system’s incorporation into NATO as a ‘virus’ while Turkish officials asserted the system...

I can't post the link, as i don't have 30 posts yet, but you can find the source (Todayszaman, 24 september 2013) if you search the title of this topic on google. ---- Despite Turkey's desire to establish closer ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Turkey, an SCO dialogue...