Erdogan told his US counterpart Joe Biden that Turkey will not backtrack on acquisition of Russian S-400 air defenses, or F-35s. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his US counterpart this week that Ankara will [ More … ]
Erdogan questions US’ NATO alliance with Turkey, condemns sanctions over S-400s [ More … ]
Turkey is face-to-face with a millennium-old showdown. It is under the threat of those who want to avenge the conquest of Istanbul, those who want to avenge Manzikert – which paved the way to the [ More … ]
Russian presidential aide says Putin, Erdogan to discuss “sensitive issues” during one-on-one meeting The delivery of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia to Turkey may be on the agenda in a meeting between the two [ More … ]
Turkey has started work on making its first domestically produced long-range air defense missile system and the first delivery is planned for 2021, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Turkey is also purchasing S-400 surface-to-air [ More … ]
Turkey has to protect its airspace and the United States has failed to guarantee the sale of Patriot missile defense systems, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said after a U.S. Congress delegation urged Ankara to [ More … ]
The U.S. Senate took a step late Monday to block the delivery of F-35 warplanes to Turkey with an amendment in a $716 billion defense policy bill. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill containing [ More … ]
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says there are ‘no problems’ in S-400 deal with Russia Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday that there were no issues with the S-400 missile defense system deal Turkey signed with [ More … ]
BY: Dr.Said Elhaj* Since its access to power in Turkey in 2002, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has paid great attention to two important issues that were neglected before, due to their strategic [ More … ]
US military chief said Sunday that Ankara buying missile system from Moscow would be ‘concern’ for Washington The purchase of S-400 missile defense system from Russia is not “worrying”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said [ More … ]
Turkey signed non-binding agreements with NATO members France and Italy, whilst also continuing an agreement with Russia over its S-400 missile system. Turkey has agreed to buy two missile defense systems in the past week [ More … ]
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