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Turkey has won a tender to procure four corvettes for the Pakistan Navy, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has said.

Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli

A new "structured infiltration" of the Turkish military by 3,000 suspected members of the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen has been exposed, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on April 18.

National Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli on March 7 said a domestically produced protection system would be used for tanks in Turkey’s ongoing “Operation Olive Branch.”

Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli met on Feb. 14 his U.S. counterpart James Mattis in Brussels, at a time of heightened tension between Ankara and Washington over the situation in northern Syria.

A total of 9,753 military staff will be recruited “to meet the urgent need” that has arisen due to purges of the network of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has said.

More than four tons of horse meat was found in canned foods bought for the Turkish Naval Forces Command in 2015, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has said.

Turkey’s national combat jet TF-X will become operational by 2023, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli has vowed.

The first Russian S-400 missile system is planned to be delivered to Turkey in 2019, Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Nov. 22.

Turkey has “completed” the purchase of the S-400 air-defense system from Russia, Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said on Nov. 11.