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    TR Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

    USA: "Turkey is disturbing Peace in Syria! Turkey: *Buys F-16s worth 6 Billions USD* USA: "Turkey is an important NATO ally of ours and we have common interests in many areas, from the fight against terrorism to ending the conflict in Syria. "We condemn the cross-border attacks on our NATO...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Russia hasn't the best track record with their Equipment's except Air Defense Systems. As a Nation they have not much to offer I believe. Perhaps China could be another Source for Military Equipment. The J16 is a great fighter Jet. - Indigenous WS-10 Engines - AESA - IRST - Composite -...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    The Greek F16 Modernization. The F-16V had been upgraded at the Tanagra facility of Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), which is to carry out the modifications to the fleet in a program that was approved by the U.S. government in October 2017. The value is estimated to reach around $1.5 billion...
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    Organization of Turkic States

    Ukraine has applied to become an observer member of the Turkic Council.
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    Air-Force Turkey asks U.S. to buy 40 F-16 jets to upgrade Air Force

    Additional Info. "One wrinkle: the block 70 shared some sensors in common with the F-35. US will have to determine impact of co-locating it with a S-400"
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    TR Economy & Updates

    https://www.ft.com/content/25687c09-f901-4eac-bc6f-219edc97e487 Financial Times. "Yet some analysts and market participants have speculated in recent weeks that Kavcioglu could be replaced by Semih Tumen, a former central bank official who returned to the institution in May as a deputy...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Turkey asks U.S. to buy 40 F-16 jets to upgrade Air Force -sources By Humeyra Pamuk and Mike Stone WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Turkey has made a request to the U.S. to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for its existing warplanes, as the NATO ally...
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    TR Casual Discussion TOGG - Türkiye's Automotive Joint Venture Group

    TOGG Factory Progress. Progress 27.07.21 Progress 27.09.21 (2 Months later) Target 02.2022
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Perhaps it is noteworthy that the F16 belongs to Lockheed Martin and the F15 to Boeing Lockheed and TUSAS have been Cooperating until 2005 when LM sold its shares. Quote: "The Turkish owners are acquiring the U.S. owned shares as part of Turkey's plan to consolidate its defense industry into a...
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    How The Engines look in their Respective Powerpacks. C13 Power pack used in all Turkish 8x8 IFVs versus The BMC Power AZRA Power pack. Both are paired with Allison 4000 Series Transmissions. ARMA II and ALTUG ( You can see the Yellow part of the CAT C13 and the Blue of the BMC Power Engines...
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    Live Conflict Military Operations Syria

    The IED attack of Ansar Ebubekir Sıddık Sıddık, an ISIS affiliate, on our Special Forces, on the road to Idlib Motorcycle Seems to be a VIBED. Detonation while a Special Forces Command Vehicle is passing by. Vehicle in Question seems to be BEST GRUP Armored Pickup (VW Amarok) from Special...
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    Not really an Expert. CAT C13 weighs ca 1100kg. There isn't too many Information about BMC Powers Engines but they seem indeed similar. BMC Power has also many people from MTU Friedrichshafen and Mercedes Benz. > MTU takes Mercedes Benz Engines and modifies them. and even here the Engines...
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    TR Casual Discussion TOGG - Türkiye's Automotive Joint Venture Group

    Our prototype testing processes are progressing in line with our plans. Our aerodynamic and aeroacoustic tests were carried out today. TOGG C-SUV in White.
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    TR Propulsion Systems

    Quick Comparison between Engines. CAT C13 Defence Engine BMC Power AZRA Engine 6 Cylinder Inline 6 Cylinder Inline 12.5 L Displacement 12.8 L Displacement (600-711 HP) Power (585-615 HP) Power 2386-2700 Nm Torque 2500-3000 Nm Torque Bore 130 mm Stroke 157 mm Bore 128...
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    TR Turkish Air Forces|News & Discussion

    Additional Information. The F16 is only being offered in the Block 70/72 variants by Lockheed Martin. F16s are going to be produced only in Greenville, South Caroline and the First F16 B70 will roll out here in 2022. The Production Line is quite Full. -> 140 F16s are for Bahrain, Bulgaria...
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    TR Foreign Policy & Geopolitics

    Interesting Claim from a Newspaper. > That would be a smart way of getting rid of the S400. "According to some foreign sources, Turkey is considering sending some S-400 Air Defense Systems and F-16 warplanes to Azerbaijan to help against possible Iranian aggression."...
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    TR Land Vehicle Programs

    Apparently Aircraft Tow Tractor RAHVAN has a TÜMOSAN Engine. I didn't know that Initiated in 2010, the RAHVAN project.
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    TR Altay Main Battle Tank & Related Programs

    Leopard 2 NG being tested by ASELSAN "It seems that Aselsan is testing a new fire control system on the Leopard 2NG platform. The driver's periscope looks different." https://twitter.com/BarbarosToprak2
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    TR Renewable energy, investment, potential

    IT VALLEY WILL GET ITS ENERGY FROM 'SUN' Kalyon PV, which realizes Turkey's largest investments in renewable energy, and Bilişim Vadisi, which hosts scientific studies in different fields to lead Turkey's technological transformation, signed a cooperation protocol to carry out joint studies in...
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    Defence Q&A S-400 or F-35 for Turkey ? |Debate and Discussion

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $1.1 Billion for 16 F-35 Contracts with US Navy Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company [of] Fort Worth, Texas is awarded a $1,099,631,252 contract,” the Defense Department said in a press release on Friday. “This modification exercises options for the production and...

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