Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has sought a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Iran’s energy sector. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has urged Washington to issue a waiver that would allow Turkey to continue to purchase crude oil from Iran. Turkey was not on a list of 11 countries unaffected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has reaffirmed plans to purchase at least 100 Joint Strike Fighters from the United States. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has assured Washington and prime contractor Lockheed Martin that Ankara would not abandon or reduce procurement of the F-35. They said the government plans to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military maintains only limited access to facilities in Turkey, a report said. The American Enterprise Institute determined that the U.S. military could not rely on facilities in Turkey for regional operations, particularly an attack on Iran. In a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina on Jan. 16, Texas […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has reported the installation of an advanced U.S.-origin radar for NATO’s ballistic missile defense shield. Officials said NATO oversaw the installation of the AN/TPY-2 X-band radar at a military facility in the Turkish province of Malatya, about 620 kilometers southeast of Ankara. They said the radar was being operated […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has demanded the software codes of the U.S.-origin Joint Strike Fighter as a condition for purchase. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has determined that the F-35 would not comprise a feasible purchase unless the Turkish Air Force acquired software codes of the fifth-generation fighter-jet. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has arrested the highest level military official on charges of plotting against the Islamic government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan. Former Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug was imprisoned as part of the latest crackdown on secular opponents of the Erdogan government. Erdogan, deemed a close friend of U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Friday, August 5, 2011 ANKARA — Turkey appears to have significantly reduced the scope of plans to procure the Joint Strike Fighter from the United States. The government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has scaled down plans that until 2009 called for the procurement of 120 F-35 fighter-jets. Under the latest proposal, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey is said to have pledged up to $300 million in aid to Hamas. Turkish sources said Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has pledged to become a leading donor to the Hamas regime. Over the last year, Erdogan has provided Hamas support in other ways. The sources said Turkey was providing […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Turkey, aligned to the Muslim Brotherhood, has cracked down on the rebel army in Syria. Opposition sources said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has frozen Free Syrian Army bank accounts in an effort to pressure the rebels to recognize the authority of the Brotherhood-aligned Syrian National Council. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — France is reportedly training rebels in their effort to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A major Turkish newspaper reported that France has sent military advisers to train the Free Syrian Army. FSA, based in Turkey, was said to have received training in weapons and combat skills in […]