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A day before the Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan departed for the Madrid NATO Summit on 28-29 June, Baykar, the manufacturer of Bayraktar TB2 armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), released an interesting statement. According to the release published in Turkish, English, and Ukrainian, 3 TB2 drone were donated to Ukraine, not for money raised by the
As soon as Russia started its invasion operation in Ukraine on February 24, two A-400 military transport aircraft took off one after another from the Combat Air Force Command in Eskişehir. According to the scenarios prepared by the Ministry of National Defense, their task was to establish an air bridge to transfer Turkish citizens from
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS on June 22 at his Presidency in Ankara. The full presidential protocol was in place for him who holds a diplomatic status of a Deputy Prime Minister. All the members of Erdoğan’s cabinet were there to welcome him,
Actually, it’s not just Istanbul. The Israeli-Iranian spy wars that have been going on all over Turkey for several years keep the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) busy. However, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s request on 13 June for all Israeli citizens to leave Istanbul immediately turned the attention to Istanbul. On the same day, the
The MetroPoll research company’s latest “Turkey’s Pulse” poll included an election scenario for the Presidential election to be held in 2023, asking what would happen if the first round of the election were held between three candidates rather than two. The six opposition parties have allied for the election, however, the Kurdish-issue-focused People’s Democracy Party
Russia clearly sees the duel of words between Turkey and Greece as a “fishermen’s fight” where none of the parties hit hard to their opponent to prevent the boat from capsizing. In Syria, calculations are changed, the PKK scenario in NATO is different from what we are told. Before elaborating on them, we must first
Although both Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and his unofficial coalition partner Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli almost every day say, “There is no early election,” the claims that early elections will be announced this fall are incessant. The allegations became flesh and bone when the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal
President Tayyip Erdoğan, who lectures everyone on politics taken the moral high ground, asked main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 10 questions in his speech in which he defamed his political opponents with expressions such as “slut” and “rotten” in his ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting. CHP leader
While President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was at a a opening-ceremony-turned-into-a-grand-rally for a grand construction project that aims to transform closed Atatürk Airport in Istanbul into a massive recreational area named “Nation’s Garden” withon the evening of the May 29, the leaders of the six opposition parties were holding their longest meeting in Ankara which lasted
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on May 23 that National Security Council (MGK) will discuss a new military operation into Syria at their next meeting to be held on May 26. The statement came after Erdoğan’s cabinet meeting and it was not a usual one. The president had previously announced cross-border military operations, but