https://sagire.online/topic/turkey/ Articles and notes where Turkey is a central actor. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:48:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/39b3df5c/https://sagire.online/wire/39b3df5c/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:23:00 -0300Turkish defense firm Baykar said two attack drones launched from a Bayraktar TB2 struck their targets during a flight test in northwestern Türkiye. The TB2 took off from the Kesan Flight Training and Test Center in Edirne province carrying 16 first-person-view (FPV) drones developed by Skydagger, released two of them over the test area and served as an airborne communications relay so that operators could guide the smaller drones to their targets. Baykar said it has signed export agreements with 36 countries for the TB2 and 16 for its Akinci combat drone, covering 39 countries across the two programs.TurkeyDronesDefense https://sagire.online/wire/997e2c63/https://sagire.online/wire/997e2c63/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:22:00 -0300The US Treasury on Wednesday sanctioned India-based Suniel Kumar Sharma, his wife Jaspreet Preeti Shahid, two other Indian citizens who head two of the couple’s businesses and nine entities connected to Sharma, a network that the department said provided false flags and certifications to sanctioned vessels carrying Iranian petroleum, including vessels operating on behalf of the Iranian military and its proxies. Treasury said the scheme operated from Chandigarh and purported to represent nations from nearly every continent, from Guyana to Eswatini and Laos. The department also sanctioned Turkey-based Fugo Group Services Inc for its ongoing support of Iran’s aviation sector. The measures are part of “Operation Economic Outcast,” which aims to cut off Iran’s ability to sell oil to fund the war.United StatesIndiaTurkeySanctionsOil https://sagire.online/wire/a7c55b9d/https://sagire.online/wire/a7c55b9d/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:23:00 -0300The presidents Lee Jae Myung and Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed in Seoul to expand cooperation in nuclear energy and defense, signing a memorandum on financing for nuclear power projects to support the participation of South Korean companies. According to Lee, cooperation on Turkey’s Sinop nuclear power plant project “has been progressing smoothly.” On defense, the two countries agreed to expand joint production and technological cooperation and to explore opportunities for companies from both sides to enter third-country markets together. Bilateral trade reached a record $10.7 billion last year.South KoreaTurkeyNuclearDefenseTrade https://sagire.online/wire/a160f2f4/https://sagire.online/wire/a160f2f4/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:23:00 -0300The presidents of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung, and of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, signed in Seoul a memorandum on cooperation in financing nuclear projects to support the participation of South Korean companies in Turkey’s new nuclear power projects. Lee said cooperation on the Sinop plant project, including site assessments and the work of a joint working group, was “progressing smoothly” under the memorandum on nuclear energy cooperation signed in November 2025. The project aims to build Turkey’s second nuclear power plant, on its northern Black Sea coast, with the state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation seeking to participate. The two countries also agreed to deepen defense cooperation by expanding joint production and technological cooperation and jointly exploring opportunities for companies from both countries in third-country markets. The governments also signed an agreement on natural resources and mining and plan an intergovernmental channel to diversify critical mineral supply chains. Bilateral trade reached a record US$ 10.7 billion last year, according to Lee, after surpassing US$ 10 billion for the first time in 2023, a decade after the free trade agreement took effect in 2013.South KoreaTurkeyNuclearDefenseCritical mineralsTrade https://sagire.online/wire/0cd4cdce/https://sagire.online/wire/0cd4cdce/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 07:22:00 -0300South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan drew up a cooperation blueprint in Seoul covering areas from nuclear energy, the defense industry and infrastructure to advanced technologies, biotechnology and energy. “Today, our two countries drew up a blueprint for mutual prosperity across diverse areas,” Lee said. Erdogan called the bilateral relationship a “blood alliance,” recalling Turkey's participation in the 1950-53 Korean War. The two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic relations in 2027.South KoreaTurkeyNuclearDefenseDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/86cce01e/https://sagire.online/wire/86cce01e/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 07:22:00 -0300Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Saturday, during a session on regional security at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, that Damascus is considering joining the Mecca alliance, a mutual defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Under the agreement, signed on August 7 in Mecca, an attack on one signatory is treated as an attack on all three, an arrangement similar in principle to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which has 32 member states. Samy Akil, an analyst at Syria Report, told Middle East Eye the talks are at an early stage and that Syria is unlikely to become the pact's fourth member in the near term.SyriaSaudi ArabiaTurkeyPakistanDefenseMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/2361c6ca/https://sagire.online/wire/2361c6ca/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 06:23:00 -0300Türkiye has moved Abdullah Ocalan, founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), to a newly built section of the island prison where he has been held for 27 years, pro-Kurdish legislators said.TurkeyKurdistanConflict https://sagire.online/wire/2f872aef/https://sagire.online/wire/2f872aef/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:22:00 -0300Iraq's oil exports through the Kurdistan Region's pipeline to Turkey doubled from 250,000 to 500,000 barrels a day, according to Baz Karim Barzanji, head of the Erbil-based energy company KAR Group, who wrote on X on Saturday. The crude shipped on the route is marketed by the state-run Somo. Oil Minister Basim al-Abadi said exports through all routes had risen above 3.4 million barrels a day since the start of October.IraqTurkeyEnergyOil https://sagire.online/wire/3431dfa7/https://sagire.online/wire/3431dfa7/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:21:00 -0300Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said South Korea could become a partner in developing the planned Sinop nuclear power station, according to Reuters, in an interview with Yonhap News Agency. Erdogan called South Korea an important potential partner in the project and called for broader bilateral cooperation in advanced technologies, defense, logistics and other sectors, according to Yonhap.TurkeySouth KoreaEnergyNuclear https://sagire.online/ancara-cobra-os-dois-lados-mar-negro/https://sagire.online/ancara-cobra-os-dois-lados-mar-negro/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:28:00 -0300Turkey received Ukraine in Istanbul and set one standard for both belligerents on attacks against civilian vessels, while its September proposal for protected corridors remains without an answer. What closes the sea to shipping is the insurance market: London widened its high-risk area to almost the whole Black Sea, and eight cargo ships were hit in three weeks.UkraineRussiaTurkeyEnergyTrade https://sagire.online/wire/05a66cf5/https://sagire.online/wire/05a66cf5/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:20:00 -0300Turkey moved Abdullah Ocalan to a newly built part of the Imrali island prison where he has been incarcerated since 1999, according to senior Kurdish official Mithat Sancar, in an Associated Press (AP) text republished by WRAL. Improving prison conditions for Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has been a key Kurdish demand in the push to end the 42-year conflict between the group and Turkish authorities. Sancar, a lawmaker for the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, called for the peace process to be sped up and said it had been on “a pause” for the last two months.TurkeyKurdistanConflictDiplomacy https://sagire.online/wire/3e4ab157/https://sagire.online/wire/3e4ab157/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:22:00 -0300Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Russia and Ukraine to stop targeting civilian ships in the Black Sea and agreed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work on a new grain corridor through the sea, according to Al Jazeera. The two spoke at a joint news conference in Istanbul on Saturday. “It is clear that attacks against civilian vessels and actions that further escalate tensions in the Black Sea serve no one’s interests,” Erdogan said. He added that the attacks are unacceptable “regardless of who carries them out or what justification is offered.”TurkeyRussiaUkraineDiplomacyTradeEastern Europe https://sagire.online/wire/742ec137/https://sagire.online/wire/742ec137/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:22:00 -0300Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said on Saturday at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain that discussions are under way to evaluate Syria’s entry into the Mecca alliance, according to Al Jazeera. The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan in the Saudi city of Mecca in August and states that an attack on one country is to be considered an attack on all three. Arab News also heard from the Syrian foreign minister that Damascus was considering whether to join the defense alliance binding Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.SyriaSaudi ArabiaTurkeyPakistanDiplomacyMiddle East https://sagire.online/wire/167b43eb/https://sagire.online/wire/167b43eb/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:23:00 -0300US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that there is growing interest by the international community in facilitating a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure unfettered energy and grain shipments by Russia and Ukraine, according to Reuters, in a text republished by U.S. News. Turkey submitted proposals to Washington some time ago to ensure the safety of grain shipments through the Black Sea, and Rubio said the US is examining them, according to TASS: “We are examining proposals, for example, that were forwarded to us maybe some weeks ago, maybe a week ago from Turkey in that regard.”TurkeyUnited StatesRussiaUkraineTradeEnergy https://sagire.online/wire/1caa4bfc/https://sagire.online/wire/1caa4bfc/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:25:00 -0300Turkey has officially nominated a former foreign minister and yearslong ambassador to the UN for the next UN secretary-general, state-run media reported, AP said on Saturday. Broadcaster NTV identified the nominee as Feridun Sinirlioglu, the current secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).TurkeyUnited NationsDiplomacy