Sourced : Hurriyet By Mesut Hasan Benli Some 70 percent of Turkish navy vessels played a role in coup activities on July 15 night as their personnel were previously informed about the attempt by the orchestrators of the failed bid, according to Ankara prosecutors. In an indictment sent to an Ankara court of serious crimes… Continue reading 70 PERCENT OF TURKISH NAVY VESSELS USED IN THE COUP OF THE 15TH OF JULY 2016
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“PUTIN’S RASPUTIN” PUSHES RUSSIAN ALLIANCE IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT VISIT TO AKP
Sourced : Al Monitor By Amberin Zaman Today’s guest roster at the Turkish parliament offered an intriguing glimpse of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “New Turkey.” While Western ambassadors in Ankara showed solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over the detentions of its leaders, in a nearby chamber the ruling Justice and Development Party… Continue reading “PUTIN’S RASPUTIN” PUSHES RUSSIAN ALLIANCE IN TURKISH PARLIAMENT VISIT TO AKP
GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK
Sourced : Defence One By Charles F. Wald Turkey’s Incirlik airbase has supported America’s most vital strategic needs for more than a half century, first during the Cold War and more recently in the fight against terrorists. Now, as its host country becomes less stable and less friendly to the United States, the best way… Continue reading GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM INCIRLIK
IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
Sourced : TASS Russia has already started cooperating with Turkey on exchanging intelligence data needed for carrying out the Operation Euphrates Shield in Syria. According to Izvestia, the agreement was reached during last week’s talks between Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Experts believe that cooperating with Ankara on Syria may… Continue reading IZVESTIA : MOSCOW SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH ANKARA ON SYRIA
TURKEY SENDS 1,000 SPECIAL FORCES ON SENSITIVE MISSION TO SECURE “SECURITY ZONE” ACROSS BORDER
Sourced : The Idependent By : Kim Sengupta While international focus is on the devastating bombing going on in Aleppo, another offensive is taking place, much of it in the shadows, which could be a game-changer in Syria’s bloody civil war. The Turkish military, with armour, air-power and troops on the ground – a thousand… Continue reading TURKEY SENDS 1,000 SPECIAL FORCES ON SENSITIVE MISSION TO SECURE “SECURITY ZONE” ACROSS BORDER
HOW POST-COUP PURGES DEPLETED TURKEY’S MILITARY
Sourced : Al Monitor By Metin Gurcan In the aftermath of the July 15 abortive coup attempt, four major purges on July 27, July 30, Sept. 2 and Sept. 7 dismissed thousands of officers and noncommissioned officers from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). Since then, speculation has been rife on how these purges have affected… Continue reading HOW POST-COUP PURGES DEPLETED TURKEY’S MILITARY
US MOVES NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM TURKEY TO ROMANIA
Sourced : Euractiv.com Two independent sources told EurActiv.com that the US has started transferring nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey to Romania, against the background of worsening relations between Washington and Ankara . According to one of the sources, the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms. “It’s not easy to move 20+… Continue reading US MOVES NUCLEAR WEAPONS FROM TURKEY TO ROMANIA