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Former Turkish Parliament Speaker İsmet Sezgin laid to rest in Ankara

İsmet Sezgin, a former parliament speaker of Turkey who died aged 88 on Dec. 7, was laid to rest following an official ceremony at the Turkish Parliament.

Starting his political career in the 1950s, Sezgin served in seven cabinets as minister throughout the 1990s. He died of multiple organ failure at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) on Dec. 7. 

Turkish defense company designs new drone-based warning system

A Turkish army-affiliated software company has introduced a new warning system boasting an integrated drone at a new technologies fair in Germany.

The Turkish Armed Forces Foundation-affiliated software and systems company, HAVELSAN, introduced at the 2015 CeBIT Fair the Sezgin, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) integrated early warning system on late March 18.