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The tomb of Süleyman Shah, the grandfather of the Ottoman Empire founder, will be returned to its original place when conditions are suitable, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Fikri Işık said on June 7. 

Turkey has signed an agreement with fellow NATO members France and Italy to develop its national missile defense systems, the Turkish Defense Minister said on July 14.      

More dismissals from the military are on the way for individuals suspected of ties to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), but certain numbers cannot yet be given, Defense Minister Fikri Işık said on July 4.

Qatari Minister of Defense Khaled al-Attiyah has described a blockade imposed by several Arab states on his country as a "declaration of war."

"This is a bloodless declaration of war," al-Attiyah said in an interview with the London-based Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper published on June 30, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

"Disko" (short for disciplinary cell) in Turkish is the place where soldiers are sent when they are sentenced to solitary confinement in the Turkish military.

I wonder whether the soldiers who recently suffered from food poisoning in Manisa would have been sent to the "disko."

Overall hundreds of soldiers have been hospitalized as part of the food poisoning epidemic.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık has urged his German counterpart to review the country's stance on individuals who are suspected of being coup plotters and currently seeking asylum in Germany.

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık criticized his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos for his April 16 visit to Eşek Island (Agathonisi in Greek), the sovereignty of which is disputed, vowing that Turkey will not become a part of a "Greek show" in the Aegean but will also not allow any fait accompli.

Defense Minister Fikri Işık has said over 22,000 cadets from the army and military schools have been expelled for links with the Fetullahist Movement following the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt . 

Some 149 military officers, including seven generals, are still on the run since the failed coup attempt of July 15, 2016, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said on Feb. 5.

Answering a question from Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Ali Yiğit in parliament, Işık said a total of 149 fugitive soldiers were missing. 

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık on Feb. 5 called on Greece to solve the problems between the two neighbors through dialogue amid escalating tensions between the two NATO allies. 

Işık said the neighboring countries should work together to solve their problems, while adding that "provocative statements" of his Greek counterpart, Panos Kammenos, must end.