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You gotta love FT, no publication as informed and connected as it. https://www.ft.com/content/d4b30494-8ccb-457a-aa67-ee1b2625ca88 Exerpts: One of the people said the sanctions would probably be announced on Friday and were being crafted to be “as mild as possible” to placate Congress while...

Let's see if Trump chooses some light sanctions as a goodbye gift to his bro Erdogan or if Pompeo and their likes had the say.

So for the amateuers like me: SM-3 compareable to S400/Patriots. ESSM is close to our Hisar O, but of course not land based. Correct?

In both cases hopefully the capital remains in the companies and fund future developments (most likely) and they pay their fair share to the local suppliers and maybe % for the use of technology and intellectual property developed by state institutes. For example I wonder if TÜBITAK or any...

I dont care about Iran in this context, just as much as we can use this and Russian support as leverage if he had any politicial influence left in Washington.

Pavements are a serious issue though. Sometimes you see kaldirims 50cm high in random spots. So your parents were not wrong.

Turkish grocer to sell 35% stake in Moroccan affiliate The sale, according to the filing, aims to maintain and develop BİM Stores SARLAU's current growth trend in Morocco, and achieve localization in the region with specialized investors to create further value...

Anti-tank missile in Libya looks like Iran-produced weapon -U.N https://uk.reuters.com/article/iran-arms-libya-un/anti-tank-missile-in-libya-looks-like-iran-produced-weapon-u-n-idUKKBN28I2SF They are talking about the LNA btw.

It is far from certain a compromise can be struck. But the Turkish official said Mr. Biden’s advisers have indicated in low-level discussions they were open to considering compromises as they are proposed, including convening a NATO working group to look at whether Russia could indeed penetrate...

Now that we are producing engineering talent and expertise, I look forward to see what these engineers might come up with in the future. Whether that's in their current companies, other companies or startups. You know how every parent in Turkey told their kids to become a bureaucrat? I hope we...

They might as well put it on Amazon.

Afaik many of them are political hires and not career diplomats. The new ambassador to France went to school / university ? with Macron at one point, which is ironic.

about the last picture: every country prepares for the worst case and its the task of the military to prepare for war with their neigbours, so of course you're going to have plans for that. Probably have the same for all neighbouring countries and defense plans too.

1. Against who in Syria? will only escalate things. 2. will only escalate things and make it worse 3. that will make Turkish good expensive and I dont think the Ukraine has the same customs union we do with the EU, meaning transport + custom fees will make Turkish goods unattractive. We dont...

What can Turkey do without hurting its own economy? This is not a fight on eye level, as I said EU represents 50% of our trade, they do have more power over us than we do over the block of around 300m people. Refugee deal comes to mind but the borders are closed and locked. Frontex is helping...

The EU is biased because Greece and Southern Cyprus are EU members, don't expect them to be neutral. Germany is pulling all its weight and expected the government to show some goodwill. Not giving up anything. But still the majority of the EU is on Greece side. Whether we like it our not the...

And another indicator that the government is anticipating the worst, there seems to be willingness to talk to Israel about the EEZ. A positive sign but I dont know if Israel is interested in talking EEZ when they already got a good deal with Southern Cyprus. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel - all...

The German block will follow Bidens lead and the others want to sanction Turkey anyway. So one way or the other the country is now facing sanctions from the EU and US. The government needs to make 1-2 positive or at least not negative moves if it seriously wants to improve ties and avoid sanctions.

German FM announced that any mediation between Turkey and EU has failed and that they are now looking into the consequences. Meaning sanctions from the EU incoming. (Handelsblatt) But it looks like Germany, Italy, Spain and Malta are still in the same block opposing sanctions for now...

We couldnt even properly unify SNA or make them treat civilians like civilians.