Sourced : Hurriyet Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said Turkey could send 15,000 refugees to Europe to shock the Europeans following a recent diplomatic crisis between Ankara and Germany and the Netherlands that stemmed from the latter’s decision to bar Turkish ministers from staging rallies there. “We have a readmission deal. I’m telling you… Continue reading TURKISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR : LET’S SEND 15,000 MIGRANTS TO EUROPE TO SHOCK THEM
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TURKEY WILL NOT INTEGRATE S-400 MISSILE SYSTEMS INTO NATO STRUCTURE
Sourced : TASS Turkey has no plans to integrate Russian-made S-400 long-range antiaircraft missile systems into the NATO structure, if they are purchased, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Thursday. “The complexes that will be purchased won’t be integrated into the NATO system,” the defense minister was quoted by the TV Channel Haber 7… Continue reading TURKEY WILL NOT INTEGRATE S-400 MISSILE SYSTEMS INTO NATO STRUCTURE
TURKEY SEEKS RUSSIAN LOAN TO BUY S-400 AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS
Sourced : TASS Turkey has announced its wish to obtain Russia’s loan to buy weapons, including S-400 (NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler) air defense missile systems, Rostec state corporation CEO Sergey Chemezov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Tuesday. “They have voiced their wish to get a loan, but now the issue has not been… Continue reading TURKEY SEEKS RUSSIAN LOAN TO BUY S-400 AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS
TURKISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS THAT GREECE’S PRESIDENT VISITED A “TURKISH ISLAND OCCUPIED BY GREECE”
Sourced : Keep Talking Greece Turkey continues to escalate tension in the Aegean Sea. Ankara is determined to challenge Greece’s sovereignty either through official statements or through its media. Daily newspaper Sözcü published its Friday front page claiming that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos visited a …Turkish island that is occupied by Greeks. The President visited… Continue reading TURKISH NEWSPAPER CLAIMS THAT GREECE’S PRESIDENT VISITED A “TURKISH ISLAND OCCUPIED BY GREECE”
TRILATERAL (US-ISRAEL-GREECE) NOBLE DINA EXERCISE BEGINS LATER THIS MONTH
Sourced : Defence News By Barbara Opall-Rome The trilateral Noble Dina exercise between the American, Israeli and Hellenic navies will begin later this month, with nearly a dozen surface ships, submarines and related air assets scheduled to engage in joint reconnaissance, counterterror and antisubmarine warfare training. Cyprus will participate as an observer in the annual… Continue reading TRILATERAL (US-ISRAEL-GREECE) NOBLE DINA EXERCISE BEGINS LATER THIS MONTH
ANKARA PROSECUTOR : ISIL OPENED ITS OWN SCHOOL IN ANKARA
Sourced : Hurriyet By Mesut Hasan Benli The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been using an office block in the Turkish capital to train young militants under cover of a masjid, according to an indictment by an Ankara prosecutor. The group has been using the third, fourth and fifth floors of… Continue reading ANKARA PROSECUTOR : ISIL OPENED ITS OWN SCHOOL IN ANKARA
US GENERAL SAYS SDF FORCES NEED HEAVY WEAPONS TO DESTROY ISIS IN AL-RAQQAH
Sourced: ARA News By: Wladimir van Wilgenburg Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, who recently visited the Raqqa frontline said that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces need more than the AK-47s weapons –that will be issued after 20 days of training– in the fight against ISIS. “Anti-tank weapons systems to… Continue reading US GENERAL SAYS SDF FORCES NEED HEAVY WEAPONS TO DESTROY ISIS IN AL-RAQQAH
HOW ERDOGAN WILL DERAIL CYPRUS’ REUNIFICATION
Sourced : Politico By Mujtaba Rahman (Head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice) The divided island of Cyprus is probably the closest it has ever been to being reunified. For the first time, both the North and the South have elected leaders who are genuinely willing to work toward a solution to the decades-old conflict. Over… Continue reading HOW ERDOGAN WILL DERAIL CYPRUS’ REUNIFICATION
SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY
Sourced : Al-Monitor By : Amberin Zaman When Turkey intervened in northern Syria five months ago, it claimed it had no designs on its former Ottoman dominion and that its only goals were to cleanse its borders of the Islamic State and to eliminate what it called the terrorist threat posed by the People’s Protection… Continue reading SYRIA’S NEW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE PLEDGES LOYALTY TO TURKEY
ERDOGAN : “TURKISH TROOPS WOULD REMAIN IN CYPRUS FOREVER”
Sourced : NY Times By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Andreas Riris Turkey’s president declared on Friday that Turkish troops would remain in Cyprus “forever,” complicating hopes of reuniting the island nation, which has been effectively partitioned since 1974. “Greece is fleeing again from a solution to the Cyprus problem,” the president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told reporters… Continue reading ERDOGAN : “TURKISH TROOPS WOULD REMAIN IN CYPRUS FOREVER”