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    TR Economy & Updates

    You're crazy and out of touch, if you think that Erdogan will go for another "2-3 terms". He's 70 years old and his health is deteriorating.
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    TR Economy & Updates

    Without the rule of law, separation of powers, fundamental rights/freedoms, and democracy nothing good will happen in this economy. You can bring the most qualified economists in the world from MIT and Harvard they still wouldn't be able to fix the Turkish economy...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    https://gdh.digital/suudi-arabistana-bir-savas-ucagi-daha-teklif-edildi-f-15ex-100022/ https://www.timesaerospace.aero/news/events/wds-three-way-dogfight-for-saudi-fighter-order You can't make this up.. Saudi Arabia is offered Rafale, Eurofighter, and now F-15EX. Given that it is an election...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    The KF-21 Boramae is subject to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) restrictions. The Eurofighter also has US components so again ITAR restrictions. So TurAF is not trying to diversify the aircraft fleet from US control with these purchases. I think the logic here is timing...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Greek F-35s will cause a lot of headaches. Buying the S-400 has to be the dumbest foreign policy decision ever. We gave the USA a reason to kick us out of the program on a golden platter. I cannot imagine how hard the Greek and Israeli lobbies in Washington laughed. This stupidity will go down...
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    TR Aircraft Carrier and Amphibious Ship Programs

    We can't convert Kaan to STOVL like F-35B/Harrier, that design phase of the project is long gone. And I don't think Kaan has the thrust-to-weight ratio to do STOBAR either; even if it did, you would have to limit the payload and fuel on the aircraft... At that point you might as well use KE, and...
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    TR Aircraft Carrier and Amphibious Ship Programs

    This is very ambitious; you would need a nuclear-powered reactor to power the electromagnetic CATOBAR system. There are lots of technologies that we don't have. Electromagnetic catapults, nuclear reactors, and a CATOBAR-capable naval version of Kaan. Alternatively, you could go for...
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    TR Aircraft Carrier and Amphibious Ship Programs

    This is a waste of money, there is no fighter jet available to use on this aircraft carrier. Using KE, TB-3, Hurjet or other light aircraft/UAV is not worth it on a platform like this. They would be spending $8B-$10B on a massive two island aircraft carrier, when we already can operate KE and...
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    It looks like the Indians ditched Rolls-Royce and Safran for engine development. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/all-us-clearances-received-hal-ge-to-produce-jet-engines-for-lca-mark2-amca-fighter-jets-in-india/articleshow/105314974.cms Rolls Royce offered them IP rights...
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    TR 2023 Turkish presidential election

    I think there will be early election in March/May 2024 because of the economic situation. Doesn't matter who wins.
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    TR Economy & Updates

    Yeah no single country or group of countries would inject $50B-$100B in the Turkish economy. The government would either have to go to the IMF, or end up like Lebanon or Sri Lanka.
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    TR Economy & Updates

    Turkey will probably default on its debt in 6-8 months, tourism in the summer may help, but winter things are going to be crazy. The central bank has run out of foreign reserves and has recently started selling the gold reserves to make sure the dollar doesn't rise during the elections - so...
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    Featured Coup in Israel ???

    Our people are less educated. Ordinary average Turks don't understand separation of powers, independence of the judiciary, rule of law.. Uneducated people love populist leaders like Netanyahu, Putin and Erdogan. I say this as a right wing patriot.
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    TR 2023 Turkish presidential election

    This is Fatih Erdoğan, cousin of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Here he is in a yellow Lamborghini in the USA. These people are the real patriots apparently, anyone who stands against them is either a terrorist supporter or a slave to the West. Open your eyes, they are laughing all the way to the bank.
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    TR 2023 Turkish presidential election

    Everyone here should be voting/supporting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu because the brain drain that is happening in our defence sector is at a horrific level... Engineers that have worked at TAI with 20+ years of experience go to places like France, Germany to work for Thales and Rheinmetall. Entire...
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    TR Turkiye's F-35 Project and Discussions

    What's the possibility that we send S-400 air defence system to Ukraine after Erdogan is gone? The opposition has promised we will return back to F-35 program. Apparently we don't even need S-400 anymore as we have SIPER and HISAR (from Aselsan)
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    You know the funny thing? Our F-16s will probably get blocked by people like Menendez, its so sad that a small country like Greece has so much lobbying power in Congress, but we can't even get approved 4th gen fighters whilst they get state of the art 5th gen fighters.
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Does anyone know if the F16 deal for Turkiye is in the same package as the deal for F35 for Greece? If we don't buy the F-16, Greece wouldn't get F35s right? Or is the F35 a separate deal that is not conditional on anything?
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Ok let's give the benefit of the doubt, let's assume BURFIS and the APG-85 are exactly the same. The question is which aircraft is more stealthier now? RAM paint on F35 will probably be more advanced than the one on TFX. TFX will still use 4th generation engine technology probably until mid...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Buying S400 was a dumb idea: We lost access to $15 billion of business from parts sales We lost access to 100+ F-35A and 18 F-35B No Tech transfer from S400 We've already developed SIPER Greece will now have air superiority Greece will most likely upgrade the F-35 to Block 4 configuration...

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