The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved a bill ratifying Finland's bid to join NATO, state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday, effectively taking Helsinki another step toward membership of the trans-Atlantic pact. Parliament's general assembly still needs to approve the bill and is expected to do so before it closes in mid-April, ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14. President Tayyip Erdoğan said last week during a visit by his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto to Türkiye that parliament would ratify Helsinki's accession to NATO. But Erdoğan held off approving the NATO membership bid of Sweden,...
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President of Defence Industries of Türkiye, İsmail Demir, announced on social media that Türkiye’s first domestic fighter aircraft and light combat aircraft have departed the hangar. The Hürjet aircraft was designed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). The maximum speed of the aircraft, which has a length of 13.4 meters and a wingspan of 11 meters, has been announced as Mach 1.4. Hürjet will replace the Air Force Command's T-38 and F-5 aircraft used in aerobatic demonstrations. TAI plans to produce two flyable prototype aircraft, one static and one fatigue test aircraft, for use in test activities as...
Türkiye and Iraq will build a land and railroad transportation corridor stretching from the Iraqi province of Basra to the Turkish border, Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday. "We have tasked our minister friends, who will carry out the works for materializing the Development Road Project, extending from Basra to Türkiye," Erdoğan said at a joint press conference with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. "I believe that we will transform the Development Road Project into the new Silk Road of our region," the Turkish president said. Moreover, Türkiye will increase...
Soon, Domestic Sales Of The New Electric Car Brand TOGG From Türkiye Will Commence. The Vehicle Is Expected to Be in Germany Next Year Türkiye, which has not previously been on the global automotive map, is about to change that. In 2010, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for the manufacture of Turkish-made automobiles. In 2018, the Turkish automobile manufacturer TOGG was established. The brand's electric vehicles will be available in Western Europe, including Germany, by the end of 2024. The T10X electric SUV model, one of the first examples of TOGG, is expected to be available to buyers in...
According to a news report on the Defence Mirror website, the Turkish-developed fifth-generation stealth fighter jet TF-X departed the hangar on March 17 evening. President of Defence Industries of Türkiye İsmail Demir remarked, "We said that we would take our National Combat Aircraft out of the hangar on March 18. Our plane is on the runway today!" The aircraft is planned to be kept operational in the Turkish Air Force until the 2070s and will be interoperable with other assets, such as F-16. Türkiye desires indigenous aircraft to replace F-16s by the 2030s. The US-based website The Drive reports...
Qatar has sent 4,000 cabins built to house fans at last year’s World Cup to earthquake survivors in Türkiye and Syria, authorities said Monday. The Associated Press watched as the latest batch of pre-fabricated cabins was loaded onto a cargo ship in the Persian Gulf. The Qatar Development Fund began shipping cabins last month and says it will send a total of 10,000 to house people displaced by the Feb. 6 earthquake. Gas-rich Qatar, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, says it had always planned to donate the mobile homes. They were needed ...
Addressing the International Donors' Conference for Türkiye and Syria held in Brussels, via videoconference, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the cost of devastation caused by the earthquakes that struck southeastern Türkiye on February 6 has reached 104 billion dollars. Stating that the earthquakes caused extensive destruction and substantial loss of life in 11 provinces home to 14 million citizens, Erdoğan said: “Over 51 thousand people died and more than 105 thousand people were injured. Preliminary information indicates that the damage caused by the quakes has exceeded 104 billion dollars.”
President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated in the donors’ conference held in Brussels on Monday that the EU Commission will support Türkiye with EUR 1 billion for the post-earthquake reconstruction. The German politician also pledged a further package of EUR 108 million for humanitarian assistance and early recovery in Syria. “We need to sustain our support and help the survivors not just to survive but to rebuild their lives.” said Leyen, emphasizing that homes and schools and hospitals must be rebuilt with the highest standards of seismic safety.
One day, a local came to the makeshift tent and said, "I got run over by a cow on the farm". The patient with a fractured rib was admitted to the hospital for treatment. This hospital was the field hospital established by the Japanese Rescue Team in the yard of a high school. Following the Türkiye-Syria earthquake, a Japanese medical team worked tirelessly to assist and fill the gaps in general medical care. When the central hospital was damaged, the burden of general medical care increased. Gaziantep in the south of Türkiye… The medical personnel of the Japanese...