SAUDI ARABIA LISTS HELP NEEDED UNDER MECCA PACT
Saudi Arabia has sent Ankara a list of the assistance it wants to defend against Houthi attacks in Yemen under the Mecca Defense Agreement.
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NOD FROM EASTERN LIBYA SETS OFF MEDITERRANEAN TRAFFIC
Libya's eastern-based parliament has ratified the maritime deal with Ankara, rebalancing alliances across the Eastern Mediterranean.
EYES ON PARLIAMENT FOR MECCA AGREEMENT
Despite opposition objections, the ruling AKP and its ally MHP hold a sufficient majority in parliament to pass the agreement.
CHESSBOARD IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Developments in recent weeks underscores just how increasingly complex the picture in the Eastern Mediterranean has become.
MORFOZ ON STAGE
Turkish defense industry companies continued testing its newly developed products, such as Morfoz and Gökalp.
DEFENSE SECTOR TIGHTENS SECRECY AS ITS ARSENAL GROWS
SSB warned media not to create open-source intelligence, defense companies banned imported electric vehicles entering the campuses.
ANKARA DOES NOT FEEL OBLIGED TO SEND COMBAT TROOPS WITH MECCA PACT
Ankara doesn't consider itself obliged to join combat, since Mecca Pact is not an alliance aimed at resolving the historical issues of its members.
MECCA PACT ACTIVATED AT BREAKNECK SPEED
Just as the ink was drying on the Mecca Pact, the deployment of troops is now on the table, following Houthi attacks targeting Saudi Arabia.
ASELSAN'S CONTRACT BOOM PEAKS
Borsa Istanbul’s most valuable company since the first half of 2025, Aselsan has agreed a set of record-breaking contracts in recent months.
AIR FORCE RECEIVES ITS NEW AIRCRAFT
The Turkish Air Force has received its first Hürkuş new-generation basic trainer aircraft, a milestone in a project initiated 20 years ago.
LIMITED SUPPORT TO SAUDI ARABIA AS HOUTHI ATTACKS INTENSIFY
As Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia intensify, Turkey is preparing to provide technical military support to its ally in the Mecca Pact.
TURKEY AGREES ON PHASED MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ
Turkey has agreed with Baghdad on the gradual withdrawal of its troops from northern Iraq, and a similar step may soon be taken in Syria as well.