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ANALYSIS - Why the UK sees Turkey as a crucial post-Brexit ally *The writer is a researcher and journalist focusing on conflict and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa, primarily related to the Gulf region. ISTANBUL After the United Kingdom’s transitional period to leave the...

The Kazakhstan Aselsan Engineering company has started to produce stationary mechanical ventilation devices in the Kazakh capital, reported the press service of the Prime Minister’s Office. Mechanical ventilation is used to assist or replace spontaneous breathing. A machine is used for...

Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. As a decades-old conflict has reignited in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani forces battling with Armenia to capture disputed territory have unveiled a new tool in their armoury. Azerbaijan’s...

Exports of Turkish military drones are increasing, rivaling China's own drone sector while shaking the military balance of power in the Caucasus, Middle East and North Africa. Since the end of September, Turkish and Azerbaijani media are abuzz with videos showing armed drones attacking Armenian...

Turkish government officials and industry executives are hoping to find new sales in what they see as emerging export markets in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. “These are promising markets for Turkish manufacturers,” said one senior procurement official. A Turkish diplomat familiar...

In a 2009 book, geopolitical expert George Friedman made the following predictions: By the late 2020s, US-Turkish ties will become “increasingly uncomfortable”; Turkey will pursue aggressive regional expansion, shun secularism and portray itself as an Islamic power; by the 2040s, Turkish...

When militaries throughout the world need armored vehicles to deal with emerging threats, such as improvised explosive devices, they often look to Turkey. The defense industry within Turkey has specialized in 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8 armored platforms, tracked infantry fighting vehicles as well as...

When Pakistan built a 17,000-ton fleet tanker in collaboration with the Turkish defense company STM and when it agreed in 2018 to purchase four corvette warships from Turkey, the deals were a way for the country to bolster its navy. In addition, they were a way for Pakistan to demonstrate its...

U.S. Army self-propelled howitzer firing a Mach-5 shell just shot down a cruise missile for the first time. It’s a big deal. Imagine, in some future war, Army howitzers ringing a strategic air base in the western Pacific, swatting down incoming missiles so the base’s planes can take off and...

There is a taxonomy system in which the world's largest arms producers, the USA and Russia, encode all their technologies. For example, the AGM-114 Hellfire missile. AGM-114 Air to Ground Missile means the 114th project. Turkish defense technologies, which I have been wondering and waiting for...