WHO IS LEADING THE POLLS?
CHP Chair Özgür Özel and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest disagreement is over which party is leading the polls. Since the March 2024 local elections, Özel has said the CHP is the most popular party.
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TURKEY DRAFTS ITS FIRST MARITIME JURISDICTIONS LAW
The legislation comes amid disagreements with Greece and Israel in the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean.
TURKISH AND AMERICAN FIRMS SIGN AGREEMENT DESPITE CAATSA
TA that signed engines agreement with GE is currently developing the Kaan and Hürjet aircraft.
KEY DETAILS EMERGE ON HÜRJET EXPORT TO SPAIN
Significant details regarding the terms of the agreement now coming to light. The Spanish industry will receive the lion’s share of production.
A SIGNATURE AND A DELAY IN THE EUROFIGHTER PROJECT
Following the signing of an agreement with the U.K. in Oct. 2025 to procure 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, the defense ministers of the two countries signed a contract for technical and logistical support regarding the maintenance and operation of these aircraft.
NUROL MOVES FROM SUPPLIER TO CO-PRODUCER IN EUROPE WITH HUNGARY DEAL
Turkish armored vehicle manufacturer Nurol Makina is shifting its role in Europe from supplier to co-producer through a new agreement to manufacture 800 Gidrán 4x4 armored vehicles for Hungary.
ROMANIA IMPOSES SECOND FINE ON OTOKAR
Otokar, the Koç Group vehicle manufacturer that signed a €857 million agreement with Romania in Nov. 2024, was fined for the second time for delays in the project schedule.
ATHENS–ANKARA DEADLOCK: NO BREAKTHROUGH, BUT DIALOGUE REMAINS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met in Ankara on the 30th anniversary of the Kardak (Imia) crisis, serving as a reminder that the fundamental disagreements that nearly brought the two NATO allies to war 30 years ago remain unresolved.
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES AND RISING COSTS: HOW EU TRADE DEALS ARE SIDELINING TURKEY
The free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and India has reopened an old wound in Turkey–EU relations, once again exposing the long-standing impasse over trade integration with Ankara.
EU DEALS WITH MERCOSUR AND INDIA DEEPEN TRADE ASYMMETRY FOR TURKEY
The European Union’s push to conclude free trade agreements (FTAs) is reshaping the economic landscape around its periphery. Chief among these is the long-negotiated EU–Mercosur Trade Agreement, alongside accelerating talks with India. While these agreements are formally bilateral between the EU and third parties, their implications extend well beyond signatories. For Turkey, which is bound to the EU through a customs union covering industrial goods, these deals carry direct consequences—despite Ankara not being a negotiating party.
NEW ERA OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY COOPERATION WITH QATAR
As Turkey prepares to purchase 12 second-hand Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from Qatar, a series of defense industry cooperation agreements were signed between the two countries, further deepening bilateral relations.
ANKARA TO LEAD BLACK SEA SECURITY AS FRANCE AND BRITAIN BOOST SECURITY GUARANTEES AMID GREENLAND THREAT
France, Britain and Ukraine signed a joint “statement of intent” after a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris, where nearly 30 Western leaders gathered. According to the statement, Britain and France will deploy troops to Ukraine in case of a peace agreement with Russia. Turkey is envisaged to take the lead in maritime security elements in the Black Sea.