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The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighters jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer January 26, 2024, 8:44 PM ET • 3 min read WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to […]
The United States has authorized the transfer of 35 UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and additional military equipment to Greece, totaling US$1.95 billion, when Greek rival Turkey continues to appeal for F-16 fighter jets from Washington. US To ‘Re-Deploy’ F-15EX Heavy Fighters In Japan After Replacing Them With F-22 Raptors – Reports
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The commander of the Turkish navy said in a speech on Friday that Turkey can secure the Black Sea itself and does not want a US or NATO presence there. “The tensions between Georgia and Russia that began in 2008, the problems between South Ossetia and North Ossetia, the same problems in Abkhazia, the occupation […]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Hakan Ayik, an infamous drug trafficker who also popularized the use of certain brands of encrypted phones around the world, was arrested during a series of dramatic raids in Turkey last week. At one point a group of heavily armed Turkish tactical officers in brown and […]
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has arrived in Turkey amid volatile scenes ahead of talks on Gaza as the US military took the rare step of announcing it had sent a nuclear-powered submarine to the region. Police in Turkey used teargas and water cannon to disperse hundreds . . .
Istanbul, Turkey — A “freedom convoy for Palestine” is on its way from Istanbul to a United States military base in southern Turkey in solidarity with the people of Gaza as Israel wages war on the besieged enclave. Cars and vans displaying Palestinian and some Turkish flags departed from Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium on Friday […]
Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times. The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning […]
On Sunday, October 29, Turkey will celebrate its centennial with much pride. It will be a celebration of the republic installed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923 and a personal milestone for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. But uncertainties loom large for the country’s second century. Marc Pierini Pierini is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, […]
team take part in a FIRST LEGO League meeting.Robert D. Jones I recently had the pleasure of meeting Robert Jones, a social investor focused on K-12 STEM enrichment within the greater NYC area. Through his organization, Hand & Mind LLC, Robert has a decade of experience helping K-12 schools, universities and community organizations develop programs […]