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The founder of this country danced zeybek as well as western dances. I won't let you lecture me about my country, the founders or nor will I let you insult his legacy or anyone else.

I didnt even know that a dance could trigger people so easily.

That's only one vs. the majority of analysts advising against it.

Central bank has lowered the interest rate. Mind-blowing stuff. https://www.ft.com/content/ad0f061a-7494-4ff3-be30-c5e8436cfaa9

Everybody behave and be civil. No name calling, no trash talking.

That would explain why the A400Ms started to fly to Tripoli again.

The Eastern European countries will not rely on Germany and France to defend them against Russian aggression and thats basically the end of the story.

Nice bit on geopolitics of Turkey and Japan: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Indo-Pacific/Turkey-s-push-into-Africa-has-China-looking-over-its-shoulder

Reducing imports by 30bln € would presume that every company is now going to buy these machines instead, and that these 9 machines cover the entire market. Which I simply doubt.

Dont know about the 30 bln € reduction in current account deficit. Sounds overly optimistic.

We need some CSI in here, but seriously, the number of cargo flights seems to indicate that Morocco got something. I guess it will be announced at a later date.

I think it would be good PR and proof that the TFX is a good product, because other countries are interested in joining and procuring.

Turkey is open to collaboration, because we want orders and to share some of the burden. But the project is proceeding full speed.

According to this we're 6th in the world when it comes to arable land. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/TUR/turkey/arable-land

Even if the total arable area is too small, if the Netherlands can be self-sufficient and export billions of food products, so can we?

Good initiative this and the modernization of the irrigation systems. Now if we could teach the citizens and farmers to safe water too that would be nice. No more hose on the field in the morning, water on and off in the evening.

I read an article, but cant find it right now, yesterday that said Turkey is trying to expand their area of influence in Libya and working on the release of one of the Gadafi sons and his arrival in Istanbul were part of that. The goal is to divide Hafters sphere of influence and supporters...

Aselsan is planning to finish the year with 500m € in export orders. https://www.dunya.com/sektorler/savunma-sanayi/aselsan-13-cats-sistemini-teslim-etti-haberi-633754

13 CATS have been delivered 3 more till the end of the month. Approx. 6 will be manufacturered per month. CATS is already in use abroad. https://www.dunya.com/sektorler/savunma-sanayi/aselsan-13-cats-sistemini-teslim-etti-haberi-633754

This is my personal opinion, not that of a mod. As much as I dislike Erdogan and I really do, he's Turkish. How can someone sane argue that someone who has had some Georgian origin is not Turkish today if that person has been living, the parents have been living, in Turkey their entire life...