Nejat Bilgin

Anka carries out first missionary flight

Published by Hurriyet on Fri, 02/05/2016 - 16:40

Anka, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), carried out its debut missionary flight in the eastern province of Elaz?? on Feb. 5. 

Taking off from Elaz?? Airport, Anka ("Phoenix" in English) ascended to an altitude of 19,000 feet to carry out a four-hour exploration and observation flight. 

De facto occupation underway in Turkey’s southeast, chief of staff should resign: MHP leader

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 12:58

The removal of a Turkish flag at an Air Force base in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır is indication of a de facto occupation by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said, calling on the chief of general staff to resign over his responsibility for such a failure.