Turkish Armed Forces

Montenegro is planning to conclude a five-year military agreement with Turkey involving the joint training of troops and military exercises.

Montenegrin soldiers will be able to attend Turkish military schools and academies and also "training courses for underwater attacks and defence" as well as training for commandos, the draft, which BIRN has seen, says.

Turkey’s main opposition leader says his party is against the Turkish military’s possible operations in neighboring countries

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is drawing up plans for a possible buffer zone along the border inside northern Syria that could be established with the contribution of U.S.-led coalition forces.

Exactly two weeks after summoning German Ambassador to Ankara Eberhard Pohl over electronic spying claims, the Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Ankara, Jess Bailey, over similar claims. They demanded the U.S. stop spying on Turkey at once, “if the claims are true.”

Turkey and Germany are conducting an observation flight over Georgia under an international treaty of Europe’s security body, the Turkish General Staff announced on Aug. 12.

In a move aimed at uniting all of its combat forces under one command’s roof, the Turkish Air Force Command has founded the Combatant Air Force and Air Missile Defense Command in Eskişehir as of Aug. 5.

Such organizational change has no relation with either “the resolution process,” or “the flag removal” incident, the General Staff announced on Aug. 7.

Turkey’s top military board starts its annual three-day meetings Aug. 4 to review both military readiness and decide promotions in the army amid growing regional unrest that has put Turkish borders with Iraq and Syrian into jeopardy.

An article published by a pro-government newspaper claiming that the Gülenists almost seized control of the Turkish army has infuriated President Abdullah Gül and the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) with the latter arguing the move was aiming at tarnishing "institutional identity" of the military.

The clashes that had erupted between members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and security forces in southeastern province of Diyarbakır have ended after a two day skirmish.

The attack began when the PKK blocked a main road in the region.