DefenceTalkTurkey’s air force on Monday began five days of air defence exercises with Saudi Arabia, the Turkish military said, as the two countries forge an increasingly tight alliance on Syria. Six Saudi F-15 fighter jets will take part in the air defence training in the central Turkish region of Konya, the military said in a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-air-force-in-joint-exercises-with-saudi-arabia-66750/

DefenceTalkTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI), Turkey’s center of excellence in defence and aerospace industries and PGZ – Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, one of the largest defence groups in Europe comprising over 60 companies held a workshop on February 3rd, 2016 in Radom with 15 Turkish-Polish defence industry companies, regarding the possible cooperation on KRUK Combat Helicopter […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tai-readies-t-129-bid-for-polish-attack-helicopter-program-66671/

DefenceTalkRussia on Thursday accused Turkey of actively preparing to invade Syria, saying it had spotted troops and military equipment on the border with the war-torn country. “We have serious grounds to suspect Turkey is in intensive preparations for an armed invasion of the territory of a sovereign state — the Syrian Arab Republic,” the defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-accuses-turkey-of-preparing-to-invade-syria-66666/

DefenceTalkTurkey is trying to conceal its illegal military activity on the border with Syria and has canceled an agreed Russian observation flight over its territory because of that, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. “Such steps carried out by a country, which is a NATO member state, in no way contribute to the strengthening of trust and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-conceal-illegal-military-activity-on-syrian-russian-military-66664/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired off an angry tirade against Turkey on Thursday, ruling out any reconciliation with its leaders and accusing Ankara of shooting down a Russian warplane to impress the United States. In comments littered with crude language, Putin dismissed the possibility that the downing of the warplane over the Turkey-Syria border […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-rules-out-reconciliation-with-turkey-66131/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russia on Monday said a summit between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan penciled in for December 15 had been cancelled, with ties between the two leaders in tatters over the downing of a Russian warplane. The meeting between the two leaders had been agreed at the G20 summit in Turkey […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-russia-summit-canceled-kremlin-66082/

DefenceTalkKONYA, Turkey: Boeing delivered the fourth and final Peace Eagle Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Turkish Air Force at Konya Air Base today, completing the Turkish AEW&C fleet and enhancing Turkey’s airspace surveillance and battle management capabilities. This final aircraft includes upgraded software for the platform and the final element of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-delivers-final-peace-eagle-aewc-aircraft-to-turkey-66037/

DefenceTalkAnkara: Turkey on Saturday said it was seeking alternatives to Russian energy as relations with Moscow plunge over the downing of a warplane, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowing his country will “not collapse” under sanctions. Moscow has imposed a series of economic sanctions against Ankara after Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian jet […]https://www.defencetalk.com/turkey-seeks-alternatives-to-russian-energy-after-warplane-crisis-65977/

DefenceTalkGermany pushed its NATO allies Wednesday to re-open high-level channels of communication with Russia, arguing that Moscow has a constructive role to play in many areas, especially in ending the Syrian conflict. “We still have very different experiences with Russia, there is a difficult situation in eastern Ukraine, again breaches of the ceasefire,” German Foreign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-pushes-nato-to-engage-russia-65970/

DefenceTalkMoscow: Russia accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trading with Islamic State jihadists, ratcheting up the heat in a dispute over Ankara’s downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes. The Turkish strongman accused Moscow of “slander” over claims his country had bought oil from IS, while Russian Foreign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-accuses-turkeys-erdogan-over-is-oil-trade-65962/