Turkey

07 Oct 2021; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he hopes that the new constitution being drawn up for the country will be more democratic and ready for public debate by 2022, Anadolu reports.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) will finalise work on the new constitution, he said.

ISTANBUL, Oct 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The number of registered Syrian refugees in Turkey surpassed 3.7 million, an official data, updated in Sept, revealed.

The General Directorate of Migration Management reported that, 1.76 million of the Syrian refugee population in the country, or 47 percent of them, are children aged below 18.

Turkey’s most crowded city, Istanbul, has the highest number of Syrians at nearly 533,000, followed by the southeastern provinces of Gaziantep and Hatay, having 458,000 and 437,000 refugees respectively.

06 Oct 2021; MEMO: Turkey's presence in Syria's Idlib Governorate saved the lives of millions of civilians and prevented them from becoming displaced, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday.

ANKARA, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkey on Friday condemned a recent defense deal reached between Greece and France, and claimed that the deal threatens the NATO alliance.

01 Oct 2021; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced his decision to work with Russia in the field of space exploration and the production of warships, submarines and jet engines.

29 Sep 2021; MEMO: Ukraine on Wednesday signed a memorandum to establish joint training and maintenance centres for Turkish armed drones, a statement on President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's website said, Reuters reports.

Ukraine has previously bought the drones from the Turkish defence technology company Baykar to bolster its armed forces in their fight against Russian-backed separatists in the war in the eastern Donbass region.

23 Sep 2021; MEMO: Turkish media has raised concerns that a spy cell has leaked technology projects to Israeli companies at a time when the country's public prosecutor has charged 11 people with leaking information about Turkey's defence industries to international companies.

Yeni Safak said Turkey's defence industries have developed significantly over the past few years, with its drones being at the forefront of its international weapons trade. This, it added, will allow Turkey to move into a new phase in its arms sales.

ANKARA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia and Turkey will hold talks on Wednesday on curbing renewed violence in northwest Syria and possibly expanding Moscow's sales of military defence systems to Ankara, Turkish officials said.

Vladimir Putin is hosting Tayyip Erdogan at Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, where the Turkish leader will press for a return to a ceasefire they agreed last year to end a Russian and Syrian army assault on Turkey-backed fighters in Syria's Idlib region.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has said he would consider buying a second Russian missile system in defiance of strong objections by the United States.

In an interview with American broadcaster CBS News, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey would have to decide its defense systems on its own.

ANKARA, September 25. /TASS/: Russian freighter Rusich-10 and Turkish freighter Tahsin Imamoglu collided in the Bosporus Strait Saturday, Turkish Coast Guard reported.

"Nobody was killed or injured in the collision, only the ships themselves were damaged. Coast Guard tow vessels were dispatched at the site," the agency said.

Before that, another incident involving a Russian ship happened in the Strait.