A naval mine has been detected in the Black Sea off the coast of northern Turkey, near the border with Bulgaria, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced on Monday. A team of sappers from the Underwater Defense (SAS) has been deployed to the area not far from the port town of …
Read More »Turkey intercepts naval mine floating near Bosphorus (VIDEO)
Tukish military has intercepted an “old” naval mine near the Bosphorus strait, the country’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. The “mine-like object” was first spotted by a commercial vessel in the vicinity of the busy Black Sea strait in the morning, the official told reporters. “Our SAS team …
Read More »Turkey won’t transfer Russian missile systems to Ukraine – Erdogan
Turkey’s long-planned use of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems will not be reversed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists on Friday as he was flying home from a summit of NATO leaders in Brussels. Western media claimed the US was negotiating a possible transfer of the weapons from Turkey to Ukraine, …
Read More »Turkey rejects Ukraine ‘precondition’ to receive weapons from US
Fahrettin Altun, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, has shot down the idea that Ankara should transfer its Russian-made S-400 air defense missile systems to Ukraine in exchange for Turkey receiving F-35 warplanes and Patriot missile batteries from the US. Kiev has been pleading for foreign aid to help it …
Read More »US and Turkey discussing transfer of S-400s to Kiev – media
The US and Turkey are reportedly in talks over a deal for Ankara to send its Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems to Ukraine in exchange for the scrapping of sanctions imposed by Washington on its fellow NATO member. “We are in continuous talks with Ankara to see it giving up …
Read More »Ukraine and Russia close to agreement on ‘critical’ issues – Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Ukraine and Russia are nearing agreement on “critical” issues and that Ankara believes a ceasefire is possible provided neither side decides to backtrack. In an interview with Istanbul daily Hurriyet, on Sunday, Cavusoglu – who traveled to Moscow and Kiev for meetings last …
Read More »Turkey restricts Russian Navy access
Turkey is set to restrict the access of Russian warships to the Black Sea over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, its Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. “It is not a couple of air strikes now, the situation in Ukraine is officially a war… We will implement the Montreux …
Read More »Turkey’s president gets Covid-19 after Ukraine visit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that he had been infected with Covid-19 on Saturday afternoon. “Thank God, I have a mild illness, which I learned is an Omicron variant. I’m on duty. I will continue to work from home,” Erdogan announced on Twitter. The president visited Kiev on Thursday, where …
Read More »Erdogan invites Putin & Zelensky for showdown in Turkey
As Ukraine claims that Russia could be poised to invade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the leaders of both nations to come to his country to try to settle their differences diplomatically. Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for Erdogan, announced the offer on Wednesday, saying that Turkey would like …
Read More »Turkey striving for rapid de-dollarization
The process of de-dollarizing the Turkish economy will be accelerated in the coming weeks, according to Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati. The government will step up the conversion of the nation’s foreign currency holdings into Turkish lira, he said, adding that more than 131 billion lira ($9.69 billion) had …
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