A community portal about Turkey with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwestern Asia and the...
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A community portal about Turkey with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwestern Asia and the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Turkey borders eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Nakhichevan exclave of Azerbaijan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. In addition, it borders the Black Sea to the north; the Aegean Sea to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Turkey also contains the Sea of Marmara that is used by geographers to mark the border between Europe and Asia, thus making the country transcontinental. Due to its strategic location straddling Europe and Asia, Turkey has been a historical crossroad between eastern and western cultures.
by Daniel Pipes * My visit to Istanbul this week comes in the midst of the greatest challenge to the Turkish secular republic since its creation in 1923. Founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire, the republic came into existence at about the high-water mark of Western confidence, when it appeared that European ways would become the global template. Atatürk imposed a dizzying array of changes , including European laws, the Latin alphabet, the Gregorian... Read Full Story
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Along with increasing risks emanating from countries in Turkey's neighborhood has come increasing competition amongst the world's leading defense companies for contracts to build elaborate defense systems that will reduce threats to Turkey's security. Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor, is teaming up with Raytheon in Turkey's tender for the acquisition of long-range missiles and hoping to become the company that will ultimately supply Turkey with what it says is the... Read Full Story
Kongsberg Maritime AS, a wholly owned Kongsberg Gruppen ASA company specialising in development of high end hydroacoustic technology has signed a contract with the Turkish company HAVELSAN A.Þ.for delivery of Simrad SP92MKII commercial sonars to the New Type Patrol Boat Project for the Turkish Naval Forces Command. The contract, valued at approx. 30 MNOK is for 16 boats and was won in an open international competition. Delivery is scheduled from 2009 until 2014. The new patrol boats are... Read Full Story
Turkey accelerated its various missile projects last Thursday when the country's military procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM), issued two separate tenders for the acquisition of low and medium altitude air defense missile systems. The SSM issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on Sept. 25 for the acquisition of Turkish Low Altitude Air Defense Missile System (T-LALADMIS). "The T-LALADMIS RFP has been issued in order to receive proposals for the direct... Read Full Story
Turkey launched its first national warship and mine-sweeper in Istanbul, the largest city of Turkey, on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The national warship "Heybeliada" and mine-sweeper "Akcay" were put to sea in a ceremony held at a dockyard in Pendik, Istanbul, according to the report. Heybeliada and Akcay are the first part of Turkey's national corvette program of "Milgem," the purpose of which is to build a modern littoral combat warship with indigenous... Read Full Story
The difficulty in overcoming continuing problems with Israeli-made Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) being tested in Turkey is becoming a major concern for the Turkish air force, which is keen to acquire such technology for combating terrorism, a Turkish defense official has told Sunday's Zaman. Frustrated with long delays and a never-ending run of difficulties encountered with the Herons, Turkish defense officials have turned to rival suppliers, hoping that the air force will get more... Read Full Story
The difficulty in overcoming continuing problems with Israeli-made Heron unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) being tested in Turkey is becoming a major concern for the Turkish air force, which is keen to acquire such technology for combating terrorism, a Turkish defense official has told Sunday's Zaman. Frustrated with long delays and a never-ending run of difficulties encountered with the Herons, Turkish defense officials have turned to rival suppliers, hoping that the air force will get more... Read Full Story
Naval forces held a tender for purchasing six submarines which are state-of-the art products owned by few countries all over the world. U-214 submarine won the tender of 2.5 billion Euros; the submarine can stay under water for 50 days and has a capacity of navigation for 20 thousand kilometers. 40 crew members will work in the submarine. Read more Read Full Story
