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January 2025 - Turkey Special Weapons News
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- Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, has made the following statement:Dismissals of mayors in Türkiye: Statement by the Congress President Council of Europe 31 Jan 2025 -- Marc Cools, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, has made the following statement:
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 Jan 2025
- Turkey says Israeli airstrike killed three nationals on Lebanon border Press TV 30 Jan 2025 -- The Turkish foreign ministry has confirmed that an Israeli airstrike killed at least three of its nationals along the Lebanese border with the occupied territories.
- No: 26, 30 January 2025, Regarding Israel's Decision to Ban the Activities of UNRWA in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Jan 2025
- No: 25, 29 January 2025, Regarding the Three Turkish Citizens Attempting to Cross Illegally from Lebanon to Israel Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jan 2025
- Spain marks tenth anniversary of their participation in 'NATO Support to Türkiye' mission NATO Allied Air Command 27 Jan 2025 -- The 26 January, 2025, marked the tenth anniversary of the Spanish deployment of Ground Based Air Defence systems under the NATO Support to Türkiye mission. Spanish troops have been stationed in Adana, Türkiye, with a PATRIOT Battery since 2015 under Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) operational command and Allied Air Command operational control.
- Turkish Air Force Participates in the Training Activity in Romanian Airspace Within Flexible Deterrence Options Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 27 Jan 2025
- Live Exercises Aiming to Maintain and Enhance the Spirit of Solidarity Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 27 Jan 2025
- TCG SALİHREİS Conducts Pre-task Briefing and Starts Focused Operations 2025-1 Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 27 Jan 2025
- Handover Ceremony for the Command of MCM BLACK SEA Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 27 Jan 2025
- Turkish E7-T Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft Conducts Mission Flight As Part of Operation Sea Guardian Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence 27 Jan 2025
- QA-1, 25 January 2025, Statement of the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Öncü Keçeli, in Response to a Question Regarding the Killing of Two Iraqi Soldiers by the PKK Terrorist Organization Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jan 2025
- "We will not allow our people to be polarized" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 25 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Van, President Erdoğan said: "We will continue to embrace Türkiye as a whole without making any distinction between Turks, Kurds, Zazas, Alevis, or Sunnis. We will not tolerate fanaticism or any discrimination based on ethnicity, language, culture, origin and lifestyle, nor will we allow our people to be polarized."
- No: 20, 24 January 2025, Regarding the Escalating Violence in Colombia Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Jan 2025
- Türkiye: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas at the joint press conference European External Action Service (EEAS) 24 Jan 2025
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jan 2025
- Secretary Rubio's Call with Foreign Minister Fidan US Dept. of State 23 Jan 2025
- "The days when some people had privileges before the law are now over" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 23 Jan 2025 -- Speaking at the debut of the Judicial Reform Strategy, President Erdoğan said: "A transition from the pro-tutelage structure, where the law of the superior prevailed, to a just judicial system, which is based on the rule of law, has been ensured. The days, when some people had privileges before the law due to their political and ideological identities, or economic status, are now over."
- Turkey may resume trade with Israel if Gaza ceasefire 'permanent': Turkish official Press TV 21 Jan 2025 -- Turkey may resume trade with Israel if a lasting peace is established in Gaza, says a Turkish economic official, following the truce agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.
- "We will mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 18 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Adana, President Erdoğan said: "Just as we never left alone or unprotected our Gazan brothers and sisters for 467 days, we will inshallah mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well. Our fight aimed at bringing all those committing war crimes and crimes against humanity to account one by one will increasingly continue."
- "We will leave future generations a legacy of a strong Türkiye" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 17 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Konya, President Erdoğan said: "Each project and service we have introduced in our country in a period of over 22 years is also the manifestation of our gratitude to our nation. Now, our goal is to build the Century of Türkiye. To that end, we expand our vision, raise the bar for our programmes and projects, and take bold steps that would solve our country's chronic problems."
- "As Türkiye, our goal is to ensure the elimination of all terrorist organizations in Syria" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 17 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Kayseri, President Erdoğan said: "As Türkiye, our goal is to ensure the elimination, either peacefully or by force, of all terrorist organizations in Syria. By doing so, we aim both to guarantee our own security and to remove the obstacles to the territorial integrity, political unity and internal peace of our neighbor."
- "May the ceasefire lead to auspicious outcomes for all our Palestinian brothers and sisters" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 16 Jan 2025 -- Holding a joint press conference with President Khurelsukh of Mongolia, President Erdoğan, regarding the ceasefire deal reached by Hamas and Israel, said: "I hope that the deal will lead to auspicious outcomes for all our Palestinian brothers and sisters, first and foremost the people of Gaza who have been patiently resisting the Israeli oppression for 467 days. Although over 50 thousand people, most of them women and children, have been martyred, Gaza has not given in, it could not be captured, and the Gazans have not bowed down to the oppressor."
- No: 13, 16 January 2025, Regarding the USA's Decision to Designate the Greek Cypriot Administration as an Eligible Country for Arms Sales and Military Training Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Jan 2025
- Türkiye: Expert dismayed by continued misuse of counter terrorism law to keep human rights defenders in long-term detention OHCHR 16 Jan 2025 -- The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today expressed deep concern at the continued long-term detention in Türkiye of nine prominent human rights defenders and lawyers, all of whom were arbitrarily arrested in connection with their peaceful work and convicted in unfair trials on spurious terrorism-related charges.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 13 Jan 2025 -- On 11 January 2025, in an attempt to disrupt gas supplies to European countries, the Kiev's regime launched an attack by nine fixed-wing UAVs at the Russkaya Compressor Station near Gay-Kodzor (Krasnodar region), which ensures gas supply over the TurkStream pipeline.
- Russia says Ukraine attacked its infrastructure of gas pipeline to Turkey Press TV 13 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian forces have targeted the infrastructure of Russia's gas pipeline to Turkey.
- "A historic window of opportunity has opened up before our country to end the scourge of terror for good" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 11 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Diyarbakır, President Erdoğan said: "In the wake of some critical changes in our politics and our region, a new and historic window of opportunity has opened up before our country to end the scourge of terror for good. We think it would be wrong to waste it."
- Turkish forces 'neutralize' 11 Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq: Defense Ministry Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Turkish military forces have killed nearly a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group during a cross-border operation in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
- "Over the past 22 years, we have implemented the Republican history's greatest projects in Türkiye" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 10 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Denizli, President Erdoğan said: "We have worked day and night so as not to let our dedicated people down, who trust and believe in us and who have never abandoned us during our most difficult days. We are living the joy of having implemented over the past 22 years the Republican history's greatest achievements, investments and projects in Türkiye."
- "We have shattered the terror belt that was planned to be constructed in the north of Syria" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 10 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Aydın, President Erdoğan said: "We have shattered the terror belt that was planned to be constructed in the north of Syria from 4 points with our cross-border operations. We have not allowed the separatist terrorist organization to encircle Türkiye from the south under the guardianship of their imperialist masters."
- No: 7, 9 January 2025, Regarding the Election of Mr. Joseph Aoun as President of Lebanon Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Jan 2025
- Joint Declaration of the Tenth Egypt - Cyprus - Greece Trilateral Summit Press and Information Office, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Cyprus 09 Jan 2025
- Scores killed as US, Turkish proxies clash in northern Syria Press TV 09 Jan 2025 -- About 40 militants have been killed during the most recent fierce fighting between Turkish-backed groups and US-backed Kurdish forces in northern Syria , a London-based war monitor says.
- Turkiye Pushes for Urgent Regional Talks on Syria - Reports Sputnik 09 Jan 2025 -- Turkiye has called on Syria's neighbor countries to meet "without significant delay" to discuss the war-torn country's future, Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
- Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the illegal visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister to the occupied areas Press and Information Office, Ministry of Interior, Republic of Cyprus 08 Jan 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs unequivocally condemns the illegal visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, to the occupied areas.
- Turkey threatens 'military operation' against Syrian Kurds, blasts US presence in Syria Press TV 08 Jan 2025 -- Turkey has threatened to launch an offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria, which it accuses of being aligned with the homegrown Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), if the militant group fails to agree to Ankara's demands in the wake of the fall of Bashar al-Assad.
- Are Turkiye & Israel on the Verge of Going Toe to Toe Over Syria? Sputnik 08 Jan 2025 -- The downfall of Bashar Assad's government in Syria last month, unsurprisingly, did not usher in lasting peace to the region as Israel and Turkiye seem poised to clash with one another.
- "We will realize our ideal of a terror-free Türkiye" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 07 Jan 2025 -- Speaking at the Administrators' Day event in Ankara, President Erdoğan underscored that they have started to reap the fruits, at home and abroad, of their strategy to eliminate terror at its source, and said: "We will inshallah realize our ideal of a terror-free Türkiye by using all the means of our state. We will selflessly work with you until we make the Century of Türkiye also the century of brotherhood, development and peace."
- "We have had important achievements in our strategy of eliminating terror at its source" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Trabzon, President Erdoğan said: "Through unity and solidarity, we will definitely achieve our goal of a terror-free Türkiye where conflicts, violence and instability have totally become history. To this end, we have been pursuing a very comprehensive and multidimensional policy every step of which has been meticulously planned. We have had important achievements in our strategy of eliminating terror at its source, which we have been implementing with determination for some time."
- "We have made Türkiye one of the world's strongest countries" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 05 Jan 2025 -- Speaking at AK Party's 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Rize, President Erdoğan said: "We have taken Türkiye from its position of a third world country and have made it one of the world's strongest, most influential and most reputable countries. We will continue to work and endeavor with the same Black Sea resolution in the Century of Türkiye as well."
- Over 100 killed as US, Turkish proxies fight in Syria Press TV 05 Jan 2025 -- More than 100 militants have been killed over the last two days in northern Syria in fighting between Turkish-backed groups and US-backed Kurdish forces, a London-based war monitor says.
- "We will free our country from the scourge of terror as soon as possible" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 04 Jan 2025 -- Speaking at AK Party's 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Samsun, President Erdoğan said: "We will free our country from the scourge of terror, inflicted upon our nation by imperialists, as soon as possible. We are determined on this issue, and have locked on to our target."
- Turkiye launches artillery attacks on different areas of northern Syria IRNA 01 Jan 2025 -- The Turkish artillery shelled the areas of 'Ain Isa', 'Tal Tamr' and the city of 'Ain al-Arab' (Kobani) located in northern Syria.
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