Analysis
Greece vs Turkey military spending: what NATO and SIPRI data show
Turkey’s defence budget is about three times Greece’s, but Greece spends a larger share of GDP. What NATO’s 2026 estimates…
Desk
Turkey
Turkish politics, foreign policy and military developments, Erdoğan’s government and Ankara’s regional ambitions.
Middle East & North Africa
Retired Turkish colonel on TV: if Israel attacks Turkey, “Turkish commanders will drink their morning coffee in Tel Aviv”
A retired Turkish staff colonel told TGRT Haber that if Israel attacked Turkey, Israel’s “geography” would change within 24 hours.…
Defense Industry
ASELSAN’s order backlog reaches $30.7 billion, above $30 billion for the first time, with $14 billion of new contracts in nine months
Turkey’s ASELSAN said its backlog reached $30.7 billion at the end of September, a record, after $14 billion of new…
Balkans
Black Sea: the Contship Jet sinks after a three-sea-drone strike off Bulgaria, all 18 crew rescued, as Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine
The container ship Contship Jet sank after three sea drones struck it off Cape Kaliakra on October 28 while the…
Analysis
Halki seminary explained: closed by Turkey since 1971
The Halki Theological School, the Ecumenical Patriarchate's seminary near Constantinople, has been closed by Turkey since 1971. This explainer sets…
Greek-Turkish Relations
Erdoğan on the Turkish-Libyan memorandum: the EU’s reactions have “no legitimate justification”, and he expects respect for the “common will” of Turkey and Libya
Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Ankara on October 26, Erdoğan said the reactions to the ratification of the memorandum,…
Europe
Romania and Turkey: Neculăescu and Fidan agree to work more closely on Black Sea security after the Khoryv attack
Romania’s new foreign minister Dan Neculăescu held his first talks with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on October 24, a day…
Defense Industry
Canada and Turkey launch a “Strategic Partnership” with a defence-industry memorandum, years after Ottawa’s arms-export curbs
Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a Canada-Turkey Strategic Partnership in Ankara on October 22, with…
Greece
Ankara challenges Greece’s new muftis of Komotini and Xanthi in Turkish Foreign Ministry statement No. 207
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry accused Athens of ignoring the rights of the Muslim minority of Thrace by appointing “so-called muftis”. Greece…
Cyprus
Erdoğan’s AKP office in occupied Nicosia: Commission calls the building “private property of heritage value”
In a written answer to Cypriot MEP Giorgos Georgiou, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said Brussels expects Turkey to respect international…
Europe
Eight foreign ministers meet in Istanbul: no new attack on Iran, “unimpeded passage” through Hormuz
Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Turkey, Germany, France, the UK and Italy met in Istanbul and called for…
Middle East & North Africa
Barrack says a US strike on Iran this weekend is “absolutely” possible, and calls Greek-Turkish disputes “ridiculous”
US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy Tom Barrack said a new strike on Iran within the weekend “absolutely” could…