Israel seeks ways to halt Göktürk satellite project

[Pax Ottomana]

Israel has started lobbying to halt the Göktürk electro-optical satellite project, which will pave the way for the Turkish military to gather its own intelligence.

The project will also enable the acquisition of high-resolution images for military purposes in Europe, the Caucasus and the Middle East, and it will strengthen Turkey’s hand in fighting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Concerned that the satellite will gather images from its territory, Israel has put pressure on France, which is working on the construction of the satellite in cooperation with the Italian-based Telespazio to stop the project. Given the possibility that its efforts in France prove fruitless, Israeli officials are also lobbying in Ankara.

Once the satellite is launched, Turkey will be able to sell the images obtained through the satellite to other countries as well. Israel is currently attempting to negotiate with Turkish officials in order to ensure Turkey does not sell images of Israel to other states. However, the response of Turkish officials was clear: “We decide how to use the images taken by our satellite.”

Speaking to Today’s Zaman, high-level officials from the Turkish Defense Ministry said: “For years, Israel has obtained images of our territory. For the first time, we will have a satellite for intelligence. Reciprocity is essential in international relations. If they observe Turkish soil, Turkey has the same right, too.” Turkey’s defense and procurement authorities had completed a deal with Telespazio for the construction and launching of the country’s first military satellite, Göktürk, in 2009. The 250 million euro contract was signed on July 16, 2009 at a ceremony attended by top Turkish officials including Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül and Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry (SSM) head Murad Bayar and company representatives.

The agreement covers the supply of an earth-observation satellite equipped with a high-resolution optical sensor, an integration and test center for satellites to be built in Turkey and the entire ground segment of the system, which will carry out in-orbit operation, data acquisition and processing. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been eliminated from the approximately $250 million project.

Israel seeks ways to halt Göktürk satellite project | TRDEFENCE

 

[Pax Ottomana]

I wonder if Turkey has a "don't observe Anatolia" condition on Israel's Ofeq series of E/O reconnaissance satellites... Pucking douchbag hypocrite joos.

 

[xMustiiej70]

I was reading the quote: We decide how to use the images taken by our satellite.
and: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been eliminated from the approximately $250 million project.

so basicly Turkey and also it's companies once again said F*CK YOU JEWS!

Ne multu TURKUM DIYENEE

 

[Archdemon]

Yeah, go sit on a kebab Turk and chill
Some critical subsystems of "Turkish" satellite coming from Israel, and export of any sensitive technology regulated by Israeli DoD, and if turks refuse to come with Israeli terms they will not get the technology, business as usual simple as that...

 

[desioptimist]

I was reading the quote: We decide how to use the images taken by our satellite.
and: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been eliminated from the approximately $250 million project.

so basicly Turkey and also it's companies once again said F*CK YOU JEWS!

Ne multu TURKUM DIYENEE

Take your racist rant to somewhere else. Your post should be deleted.

 

[madooxno9]

I was reading the quote: We decide how to use the images taken by our satellite.
and: Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been eliminated from the approximately $250 million project.

so basicly Turkey and also it's companies once again said F*CK YOU JEWS!

Ne multu TURKUM DIYENEE

post reported

 

[Pax Ottomana]

Yeah, go sit on a kebab Turk and chill
Some critical subsystems of "Turkish" satellite coming from Israel, and export of any sensitive technology regulated by Israeli DoD, and if turks refuse to come with Israeli terms they will not get the technology, business as usual simple as that...

Yeah and no one else other than Israel makes satellite components, eh?

Kebab is eaten, not sat on. If you're so used to sitting on big round meats, however, that must be a joo thing and hence a topic for another thread.

Good job on losing an ally and customer the size of Turkey, pricks.

 

[iPakMan]

Yeah and no one else other than Israel makes satellite components, eh?

Kebab is eaten, not sat on. If you're so used to sitting on big round meats, however, that must be a joo thing and hence a topic for another thread.

Good job on losing an ally and customer the size of Turkey, pricks.

Vord, relax with the melodrama. Is it so hard to have a conversation without saying "joo" or calling Israelis "pricks"?
And its pretty clear why Turkey and Israel "parted" ways... We had a friend who was a muslim but a secular muslim named Turkey, but Turkey decided to slowly yet surely become an Islamic state, so we had to Part ways.
I`m sure when Turkey feels like going secular again, we will be friends again. Till then, the enemy of my enemy is my dear kurdish friend.
And with regards to your Satellite, best of luck.

 

[Archdemon]

Of course there are others that can make satellite components(not Turks) , italian company which is primary contractor for Gokturk satellite will have to redesign satellite to fit alternative components, but it will cost in money and time.

Turks are the one who chose the path of distancing from Israel, not a big deal in losing Turkey...

 

[Pax Ottomana]

"Turks are the one who chose the path of distancing from Israel, not a big deal in losing Turkey..."

LOL. Yeah right... It was a hard decision to "order Israeli troops to open fire on our unarmed civilians in international waters."

But either way, only time will tell if it's a big deal to lose Turkey or not.

 

[500]

I wonder if Turkey has a "don't observe Anatolia" condition on Israel's Ofeq series of E/O reconnaissance satellites... Pucking douchbag hypocrite joos.

When u will begin producing satellite components for Israel then u can make any conditions u wish.

LOL. Yeah right... It was a hard decision to "order Israeli troops to open fire on our unarmed civilians in international waters."

DIstancing started long before that.

But either way, only time will tell if it's a big deal to lose Turkey or not.

Then why u post this thread? Anyway, enjoy your new friends: Iran, Syria and Sudan. Maybe they could produce sattelite components u need.

 

[AKINCI]

The news is coming from an AKP supporter, anti-jews, paranoid newspaper Zaman. I don't think that this issue can cause long latency. The Italian firm can obtain these subsystems from other countries or domestically. Anyway Turkey will send own satellite (Gokturk 2) which has 2.5 m resolution on 2012. Italian firm can depend on this subsystems today but Turkey will not need any isreali parts in the future so don't worry israelis we will provide your high resolution photos for Hezbullah soon. You will pay that playing along with enemies of Turkey.

 

[500]

so don't worry israelis we will provide your high resolution photos for Hezbullah soon.

Rica ederim. Supporting terrorists never ended well.

You will pay that playing along with enemies of Turkey

U mix us with Syria.

 

[Faheka]

Israel is irrelevant in this project. Thales France will provide the components for gökturk-1(20% is Turkish on this one and Turkish companies were involved in the design and development stage, gaining experience and using it on gökturk-2).. The israeli company competing in the tender for Gökturk-1 was eliminated. The rest is on Zaman newspaper if it's true that Israelis are "lobbying" in France to halt the project.

 

[AKINCI]

Rica ederim. Supporting terrorists never ended well.
U mix us with Syria.

PKK had supported by Syria in the past but today by Israel. Doubtless they can't be Kurds which terrorists has yellow hair blue eyes killed by Turkish special forces in PKK camps .