Turkey withdraws some forces from NATO drill
Turkey has withdrawn some of its forces from the NATO Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise following a standoff with Greece over airspace and search-and-rescue jurisdiction in the Aegean.
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GEOPOLITICS 
February 11, 2025 F-35 window opens again for Turkey
A report from the US Congressional Research Service has raised hopes in Ankara for a possible return to the F-35 program.
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WORLD
December 25, 2024 Turkey raises monthly minimum wage by 30% for 2025
Turkey’s net monthly minimum wage will be 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) in 2025, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, marking a 30% increase from 2024.
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CYPRUS
November 17, 2024 Nicosia FM to brief EU counterparts on Turkey’s attempts to upgrade illegal regime
Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos will brief his EU counterparts on the latest attempts of Turkey to upgrade the illegal breakaway entity in the occupied areas of Cyprus at the Organization of Turkic States.
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CYPRUS
November 10, 2024 Leaders of Turkey, Cyprus have coffee in rare encounter
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides met on the sidelines of a summit in Hungary on Thursday, Cypriot officials said, in a rare and unusual encounter between traditional foes.
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GEOPOLITICS
October 29, 2024 Erdogan says Turkey aims to have ‘Steel Dome’ air defence system
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that his country aimed to have its own “Steel Dome” multi-layered air defense system soon, adding that Ankara would also increase its long-range missile capabilities.
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GEOPOLITICS
October 21, 2024 Turkish move to acquire Eurofighter jets effort to restore air force balance
Senior military sources have interpreted Ankara’s attempt to acquire at least one squadron of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft as an effort by Turkey to restore its air force balance with Greece.
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WORLD
October 17, 2024 Turkey announces naval exercise in Aegean Sea
Turkey will conduct a naval exercise in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea between October 21 and 25, Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Zeki Akturk said on Thursday.
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GEOPOLITICS
October 10, 2024 Albania to get kamikaze drones from Turkey, PM Rama says
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will give a “considerable” number of kamikaze drones of an unspecified type to Albania, the country’s Prime Minister Edi Rama has said.
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WORLD
May 13, 2024 Atlantic Council: The United States should look to Turkey as a regional balancing actor against Iran
By Doga Unlu The United States is under pressure to leave the Middle East for good. US forces are increasingly attacked in Iraq and Syria as anti-US criticism grows. However, US troops are a long way from returning home, especially amid the tit-for-tat between Iran and Israel, the lack of a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, […]
