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UK PM Sunak discusses defense alliance, Ukraine with heads of Qatar, Turkey
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke by phone Friday afternoon with the emir of Qatar and the president of Turkey to discuss defense cooperation...
[ANALYSIS] A crucial achievement of Roketsan: Alka directed energy weapon system
Fatih Yurtsever*
A decision made by the Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSİK) to meet the needs of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) through local defense...
Prosecutor demands life sentence and additional 35 years for opposition politician accused of espionage
A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a life sentence and an additional prison term of up to 35 years for Metin Gürcan, a prominent defense...
Israel’s Gantz relaunches defense ties with Turkey
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday heralded a new era in his country's security ties with Turkey after a decade-long rupture, marked by...
HDP submits its written defense to top court in closure case
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which faces a closure case, has submitted its written defense to the Constitutional Court, which the party said...
US concerned over Turkey’s drone sales to conflict-hit Ethiopia: report
US authorities have taken issue with Turkey over its sales of armed drones to Ethiopia, where two sources familiar with the matter said there...
Armed with drones, Turkey explores African arms sales
Armed with battle-tested drones, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been deepening defense ties with African countries ahead of a major gathering of the...
Ankara taps Pakistan’s China ties in search of war tech: report
Turkey's push to manufacture warplanes and missiles with Pakistan can be a hookup that could also give it access to war technology from China,...
Turkey launches first armed unmanned surface vessel
Cevheri GüvenFaced with the risk of losing the upper hand in the Aegean to neighboring Greece, Turkey is investing in its marine capabilities and...
Unable to get a meeting with Biden himself, Erdoğan turns to his defense minister
US President-elect Joe Biden has yet to respond to a request by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for a meeting that was communicated weeks...
Organization set up by former Erdoğan aide is starting to train hit squads
Cevheri GüvenSADAT International Defense Consultancy, a paramilitary organization established by Adnan Tanrıverdi, a former aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has started to...
İstanbul Bar Association faces probe for hanging banner commemorating lawyer who died on hunger strike
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's office has demanded the testimony of İstanbul Bar Association executives as part of an investigation into the hanging of...