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Turkish government has been repeatedly saying that Turkey will not start a military campaign agains Syrian regime under the current circumstances but will continue supporting Syrian people. Although Turkish government has refused the arm requests of Syrian rebels untill today, they stated that...

I don't think that would be a wise move.

K-52 is a very beatifull and powerfull helicopter that I would want Turkish Air Force to have, too. But it think NATO stantardization forced us to make a deal with Italy, our only NATO ally who was eager to make such a deal with this percentage of indigenous contribution. Edit: I believe Turkey...

Actually, we did not "get" A-129. We are developing and building T-129 %80 indigenously with help of Italian AgustaWesland. Buying is easy, developing is harder. We are doing the right thing, we can not continue buying arms forever if we want to be a regional power. So, please don't be so...

Here is the English translation of the video. The additions in the parentheses are mine. HOST: welcome to our program, Mr. Ambassador. Mr.A: Thank you very much. HOST: Before I go into culture week, I would like to talk with you in Turkish for a bit. You speak Turkish very well...

Calling the other one "stupid" before expressing your ideas must be a great way of talking if you really do not want your counterpart to adopt your ideas. While I accept the fact that I can not change someone's opinion 180 degree in a second, I expect others to understand the fact that my...

The article is written by Michael Rubin, another zionist. I am really not sure if anybody in US takes this guy seriously anymore.

I hope these rumors are not true.

No, that's not true. Pakistan is one of the rare subjects that both conservative muslims, gathered mostly arround AKP, and Kemalists, gathered mostly arround CHP, agree on.

I don't think we need an AC, now. We are not fully independent enough to equip our own army, navy and air force. Before acquiring an AC, we have to be on a point that we can build our own frigates, corvettes, destroyers, subs, MBTs, air defense systems, balistic missiles, etc.. If we get an AC...

Off topic: I just wanted to tell you I am watching "the LINsanity" in the NBA with a great pleasure.. :)

I think it is becuase you are Turkish and miss Istanbul very much. I had to stay away from Istanbul for 6 months when I did my millitary service and I missed Istanbul like crazy. The first thing I did when I came to Istanbul was to arrange myself a small city tour which included Beyoğlu...

I don't think that is the case here because there are some cities, which have a population arround 4 million or less, in this list.

All your analyses are great and your understanding of Turkey's position (a muslim majority western country, a part of NATO) is very clear. Thanks. By the way, if you ever want to come to Istanbul, I expect you to be the guest of the writer of these lines.. I hope you won't say "NO".. :)

"MİT chief Hakan Fidan is the first incumbent head of the intelligence service to be summoned to answer questions in a judicial probe. Fidan, his predecessor, Emre Taner, and former MİT deputy chair Afet Güneş, who were all involved in talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

-Anatolia (especially Western parts) has always been considered as a part of Europe since ancient Greeks. -I totaly agree and I don't think they will be ready for another 10 years (this is an optimistic guess, might be more than that) They are having troubles to accept such a huge muslim...

No, they did not voluntarily migrate from Eastern Europe to Anatolia. They were either forced by Russia, other Slavic countries and other countries who were forced to believe they were Slavic (e.g. Bulgaria) or they thought it would have been very hard to live in Eastern Europe without the...

It might be very arrogant but I totaly believe it is accurate. Same thing can, of course, be said for the histories of Greece, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Russia. Pushing Turkey away from Europe is pointless and useless because Turkey is already European and a part of European...

Turkey is not a PRO-western state. Turkey IS a western state. Whether some of the western countries (such as Germany and France) accepts it or not, Turkey IS a western state. The history of west which is written without the archives of Turkey will be very limited, inadequate and useless...

Reporters Without Borders published an open letter to French Parliamentarians, which urges them to refer genocide denial law to Constitutional Council. Here is the letter and its link: Dear Parliamentarians, Reporters Without Borders would like to reiterate to you its concerns about the...