How the Turkish military influences policydoi:10.1080/05679320108449654Adelphi Papers
The Turkish get-up is a full body, functional, and somewhat complicated strength training move. The name, legend has it, comes from the fact that this exercise originated with the Turkish military’s training programs. Whether that’s true, what cannot be denied is that this is a powerful...
“I'll make up a cause of war by ordering a missile attack on Turkey.” This leaked conversation is coming back to haunt the highest echelons of the Turkish government as it plans a provocation in Syria, while scrambling to contain social media internall
The October 7th, 2023, raid not only caused significant Israeli civilian casualties but also killed and captured Israeli soldiers and temporarily seized military bases. For decades, Israel has been seen as a country with highly accurate intelligence, strong military capabilities, and secure defenses. ...
Other additions included Papua New Guinea’s first of four Pacific Aerospace P-750 STOL transports; currently its lone military aircraft. The Philippines received its first two of six Turkish Aerospace T129 attack helicopters, and ordered another 32 Sikorsky S-70is, to augment 15 ...
Turkish intelligence, which has backed separate rebel factions and helped them to hold a wide swath of land south of the Turkey-Syria border since 2016, aided the advancing offensive, said a person with knowledge of the events. Turkish surveillance drones had already mapped out the military facil...
Turkey relationship that are irreconcilable over the short to medium term. Ankara’s policy toward Syrian Kurdish forces is one. Turkish military engagement in the Libyan civil war is another; Erdogan is too invested in the outcome to arbitrarily sever its lifeline to Tripoli and become the ...
Active members of the military also get toaccess TSA PreCheck for free– and there's no need to apply. Simply enter your 10-digit DOD ID number as a Known Traveler Number. Why Isn't PreCheck Showing Up on My Boarding Pass? It's annoying to be sure, but it happens to the best of...
“They have been subjected to unjustified aggression and a lot of violence (as) the world is watching in silence.” In a holiday message, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent support to Gaza, which he called a “bleeding wound on the conscience of humanity.” In Istanbul, some of ...
Iraq has never recovered and is only beginning to emerge from the trauma, while American officials plan the next military adventure. Writing in the New York Times, Iraqi novelist Sinan Antoon observed: “The invasion of Iraq is often spoken of in the United States as a ‘blunder,’ or even...