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March 2024 - Turkey Special Weapons News
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- Stakes Are High for Turkish President, Opposition in Local Elections VOA 28 Mar 2024 -- Millions of Turkish citizens will head to the polls Sunday to elect mayors and local administrators for their cities and districts.
- "We have successfully fought against all terrorist organizations" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 27 Mar 2024 -- Addressing citizens in Batman, President Erdoğan said: "We have successfully fought against all terrorist organizations that target the permanence of our state and the lives of our nation. The presence of the separatist organization on our lands has almost come to an end."
- No: 49, 27 March 2024, Regarding the Attack on the Turkish Consulate General in Hannover by Supporters of the PKK Terrorist Organisation Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Mar 2024
- QA-8, 25 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding the UN Security Council Resolution No. 2728 (2024) Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2024 -- We consider the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan and humanitarian access to Gaza as a positive step.
- Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
- Greece Slams Turkish President's 'Provocative Remarks' on Cyprus VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Cyprus should be a Turkish state.
- "International organizations and institutions are merely watching the Israeli administration's barbarity" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 23 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar event in Istanbul, President Erdoğan said: "Israel, which is an inhuman terror state, has been nefariously massacring our Gazan brothers and sisters for 168 days, ignoring whether they are children, women, elderly or civilians, and has been carrying out a genocide more brutal than the ones in the Second World War. And international organizations and institutions, the United Nations in particular, are merely watching this barbarity of the Israeli administration except simple reactions."
- QA-7, 22 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding a Social Media Message Posted by the Israeli Foreign Minister Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Mar 2024
- "Each day we achieve yet another success in defense industry" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 22 Mar 2024 -- Addressing citizens in Çankırı, President Erdoğan said: "Each day we achieve yet another success in defense industry. While once we were unable to manufacture even pistols, today we have become capable of producing our own vessels, tanks, missiles and warplanes."
- Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 18 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Turkish side's initiative.
- "It is an obligation for us to have a powerful military" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 18 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar with soldiers, President Erdoğan said: "If we want to live freely, honorably and peacefully on our own homeland watered with martyrs' blood, we have no other choice but to continue to foil games and frustrate treacherous aspirations. In this regard, it is an obligation, rather than a preference, for us to have a powerful military."
- "Diplomatic efforts failed to have the expected effect in the face of Israel's arrogance and lawlessness" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 17 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar in Istanbul, President Erdoğan underscored that international institutions and organizations once again failed in Gaza, and said: "Many efforts have been made; many attempts have been made at international institutions. However, all these diplomatic efforts failed to have the expected effect in the face of Israel's impudence, lawlessness and arrogance."
- No: 44, 16 March 2024, Regarding the Tenth Anniversary of the Illegal Annexation of Crimea Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Mar 2024
- Turkey Proves No Safe Haven For Central Asian Activists RFE/RL 14 Mar 2024 -- Such is the life of a Central Asian activist abroad: One minute you are bringing attention to a fellow activist in trouble, the next minute the trouble has reached you.
- Plans to Resolve Ukraine Conflict Ignoring Russia Will Not Result in Peace - Erdogan Sputnik 12 Mar 2024 -- Plans to resolve the Ukrainian conflict without participation of Russia will not result in peace, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
- "We stand ready to assume responsibility in Gaza as a guarantor" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 12 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at an iftar with ambassadors in Ankara, President Erdoğan said: "We stand ready to assume responsibility as a guarantor for the prevention of the recurrence of the massacres in Gaza and for the revival of the region. Everyone is aware of the fact that lasting peace and stability is not possible in our region or the world unless a just resolution is found to the Palestinian issue."
- Muslim states failed to stop Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza: Turkey's Erdogan Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Muslim-majority countries did not do enough to stop Israeli forces from killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
- No: 40, 10 March 2024, Regarding the Political Dialogue Between Türkiye and Greece Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Mar 2024
- The President of Ukraine met with representatives of defense companies in Istanbul President of Ukraine 09 Mar 2024
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy handed over a list of Ukrainian citizens detained by Russia during the meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Ukraine 09 Mar 2024
- "What is going on in Gaza has exceeded the limits of tolerance" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 09 Mar 2024 -- Speaking at the General Assembly of the Science Dissemination Foundation, President Erdoğan said: "What has been going on in Gaza, particularly since October 7, has already exceeded the limits of tolerance. Backed by the unlimited military and diplomatic support of western powers, Israel, which is a terror state, has been carrying out an all-out policy of genocide against our Palestinian brothers and sisters."
- QA-6, 9 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding Statements Made by Members of the Government of Israel Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Mar 2024
- Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan US Dept. of State 09 Mar 2024
- Joint Statement on the U.S.-Türkiye Strategic Mechanism US Dept. of State 09 Mar 2024 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Türkiye on the occasion of the seventh meeting of the U.S.-Türkiye Strategic Mechanism.
- Erdogan Says Turkey Ready To Host Peace Talks As Zelenskiy Insists On Road Map First RFE/RL 08 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - standing next to visiting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy - said his country is ready to host peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv and that it will "strongly contribute" to efforts to rebuild Ukraine after the war, which began in earnest with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
- "We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 08 Mar 2024 -- Holding a joint press conference with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, President Erdoğan said: "Since the beginning, we have made, and continue to make every contribution in our power for the termination of the war on the basis of negotiations. We are ready to host a peace summit in which Russia will also participate."
- Zelenskyy, Erdogan Discuss Peace Prospects Between Ukraine, Russia VOA 08 Mar 2024 -- Turkey is ready to host a peace summit on the war in Ukraine that both Ukraine and Russia would attend, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Istanbul.
- Agreement on the establishment of a preliminary information electronic exchange system between customs authorities of the two states was signed in Istanbul in the presence of Presidents of Ukraine and Türkiye President of Ukraine 08 Mar 2024
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy inspected corvettes being built for Ukrainian Navy, met with Ukrainian military personnel in Istanbul President of Ukraine 08 Mar 2024
- Deputy Secretary Campbell's Meeting with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Akcapar US Dept. of State 08 Mar 2024
- Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Before Their Meeting US Dept. of State 08 Mar 2024
- Turkey, Somalia Announce Agreement to Explore for Oil and Gas VOA 08 Mar 2024 -- Somalia and Turkey have announced the signing of a deal to explore for oil and gas that further strengthens cooperation between the two countries, according to officials from both countries.
- QA-5, 6 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding Occupation of the Palestinian Territories by Israel Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Mar 2024
- Exercise Dragon 2024 Continues Within NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 06 Mar 2024-- Exercise Dragon 2024 continues within NATO Exercise Steadfast Defender 24.
- "Türkiye is more determined than ever in the fight against terror" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 06 Mar 2024 -- "OPERATIONS CONTINUE NON-STOP"
- "Peace cannot prevail in the Middle East without a fair solution to the Israel-Palestine issue" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Mar 2024 -- Holding a joint press conference with President Abbas of Palestine, President Erdoğan said: "It has become all the more obvious with the recent incidents that peace cannot prevail in the Middle East without a fair solution to the Israel-Palestine issue. Yet, the only path to lasting peace is the establishment of an independent, sovereign and geographically-integrated Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East al-Quds as its capital."
- "We will definitely accomplish the Century of Türkiye vision" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Mar 2024 -- Addressing citizens in Sivas, President Erdoğan stated that the Century of Türkiye vision will definitely be accomplished, and said: "Türkiye has resolved many of its problems and compensated for its shortcomings in the past 21 years, reaching previously unimaginable levels. We have genuinely made history in every area, from rights and freedoms to investments, defense industry to foreign policy."
- QA-4, 1 March 2024, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Öncü Keçeli in Response to a Question Regarding a Social Media Message Posted by the Israeli Foreign Minister Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
- Turkish media reveal identities of alleged spies for China Radio Free Asia 01 Mar 2024 -- An alleged spy for China living in Istanbul evaded detection by Turkish authorities for years, Sadiq Memeteziz's undercover work taking him to Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Syria and Xinjiang in China's far-west, Turkish media reports said, citing official documents.
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