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Turkish politics, foreign policy and military developments, Erdoğan’s government and Ankara’s regional ambitions.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz in a dark suit standing next to an Israeli Air Force officer in front of an Israeli flag and a wall map

Middle East & North Africa

Katz to Erdoğan: “Rolling out a red carpet for Hamas murderers” – new threat against al-Hayya after his meeting with Fidan in Ankara

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on October 11 that Israel will target Hamas political bureau chief Khalil…

October 11, 2026 · 21:302 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Turkish Navy MILGEM-class corvette TCG Kınalıada (F-514) arriving at the JMSDF naval base in Kure, Japan

Air Force

Çekirge in Hürriyet: Turkish warships for “12 countries”, an aircraft carrier in 2027 and Oruç Reis as “proof” against Greece and Israel

Hürriyet columnist Fatih Çekirge devoted his October 11 Sunday column to Turkish naval power, from corvette exports to…

October 11, 2026 · 17:003 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Cyprus

Two 14th-century icons stolen after the Turkish invasion returned to Cyprus

Two Byzantine icons of the Evangelists Matthew and Mark, stolen from Kyrenia after the 1974 Turkish invasion and…

October 11, 2026 · 13:153 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Air Force

Latvia thanks Turkey for the F-16s that reinforced NATO air defence in the Baltic

Latvian Defence Minister Raivis Melnis met Turkish Air Force pilots and personnel at Lielvārde on October 9, 2026…

October 11, 2026 · 12:452 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Group photo of military officers and diplomats from the Greek and Turkish delegations on a terrace overlooking the sea near Chania

Greece

Confidence-building measures in Chania: Greece and Turkey review 2026 steps and the 2027 plan, Hürriyet says Athens is “slowing down”

Greek and Turkish delegations met in Chania on October 9 for a new round of confidence-building measures, reviewing…

October 11, 2026 · 12:152 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

The Italian Navy FREMM frigate Virginio Fasan (F 591) sailing in the Black Sea, seen from the side with the Italian and NATO flags flying

Analysis

Analysis: the Bergamini frigates, why the Hellenic Navy wanted them so urgently and what they change against the Turkish fleet [video]

Analysis: The Hellenic Navy’s official programme on the Bergamini and Fasan FREMM frigates. What kind of ships they…

October 10, 2026 · 23:305 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Interceptor missiles of IAI’s Barak MX family in front of a ground launcher and a warship

Analysis

Analysis: Barak MX, the common air-defence “dome” of Greece and Cyprus with missiles out to 150 km that troubles Ankara, with IAI’s official video

Analysis: IAI’s official video of the Barak MX, its four interceptors from 15 to 150 km, the architecture…

October 10, 2026 · 23:155 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

The red-hulled Turkish seismic research vessel Oruç Reis under way near a breakwater, seen from above

Cyprus

Oruç Reis off Kyrenia: Turkish minister says a gas pipeline to the occupied north could carry Cypriot gas to Europe

Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruç Reis has reached waters off Kyrenia to survey the route of a planned…

October 10, 2026 · 22:453 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Interior of a terminal at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh with metal structures and decorative panels

Middle East & North Africa

New explosion at Riyadh airport: injured and flights cancelled as Turkey condemns the Houthis

A powerful explosion hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, October 10. A diplomatic source cited…

October 10, 2026 · 22:302 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani seated in armchairs in front of the flags of Turkey and Syria

Middle East & North Africa

Syrian foreign minister in Ankara: Fidan and Kalın discuss SDF integration, ISIS, Israeli strikes and sanctions relief

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın in Ankara…

October 10, 2026 · 22:002 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality administrative building at Saraçhane, with Turkish flags on its facade

Greece

Murat Gülibrahimoğlu, fugitive in the Istanbul municipality probe, arrested in Greece; Ankara seeks his extradition

Turkish media report that businessman Murat Gülibrahimoğlu, one of eight fugitives in the corruption investigation into Istanbul’s metropolitan…

October 10, 2026 · 15:152 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46

A David’s Sling interceptor missile climbing from its launcher in a plume of smoke and flame against a barren hillside

Analysis

Analysis: Achilles Shield, what capabilities Greece is buying from Israel, when it arrives and how it answers Turkey’s “Steel Dome”

Analysis: the “Achilles Shield” is Greece’s first attempt to build a single integrated air-defence network, with David’s Sling,…

October 10, 2026 · 10:0012 min readUpdated October 11, 2026 · 22:46