Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has engaged with a major U.S. ballistic missile defense project. Turkey’s state-owned Havelsan has been participating in the U.S. Aegis program, designed to intercept ballistic missiles from the sea. Havelsan has contributed naval combat management capabilities to enhance Aegis, led by Lockheed Martin. Aegis has been procured by the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Turkey and the United States have conducted a review of defense and military cooperation. The two countries discussed existing and new projects during a meeting in Washington on May 17 between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Turkish counterpart, Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz. Officials said the meeting was dominated by [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has assessed that Syrian President Bashar Assad ordered bombings in the NATO country. On May 11, at least 43 people were killed and 140 injured when two car bombs exploded in Reyhanli, a city of 60,000 near the Syrian border. Officials said the Assad regime was suspected of ordering [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ISTANBUL — Turkey has been awarded billions of dollars worth of subcontracts without the purchase of the Joint Strike Fighter. Lockheed Martin has pledged to provide Turkey with at least $12 billion in subcontracts for the production of the F-35 fighter-jet. The pledge came despite Turkey’s refusal to place an order for [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party has begun its withdrawal from Turkey. Officials said the PKK has been pulling out fighters from Turkey as part of a ceasefire agreement. “They [PKK] surely know the routes from which they have entered Turkey and can use the same routes to leave,” Turkish Prime Minister [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has reported an agreement by Turkey to restore diplomatic relations. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that Israel reached a draft accord with Turkey to mend diplomatic ties. In a statement, the prime minister’s officer cited a breakthrough during negotiations with a visiting Turkish delegation on May [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party has scheduled the launch of a military withdrawal from Turkey on May 8. A senior commander said the PKK, headed by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, would pull out units from Turkey should Ankara suspend all counter-insurgency operations. Murat Karayilan, who controls the PKK base in northern [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has assigned elite security units to prevent the assassination of its political leadership. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has intensified efforts to foil what officials said were plots to kill senior members of the pro-Islamist civilian leadership. They said the Turkish intelligence community has been alerted to [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The Kurdish Workers Party is said to be preparing to withdraw from Turkey. A Kurdish parliamentarian said the PKK, particularly the urban wing of the organization, could begin the pullout from Turkey by May. Siri Sireya Onder, member of the Peace and Democracy Party, said all factions of the PKK [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey, under criticism from the West, has revised its counter-insurgency laws. On April 11, parliament voted to revise Turkey’s CI legislation, used by the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan to arrest nearly 1,000 critics over the last decade. Legislators endorsed amendments that restricted the definition of what was termed [...]
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