M.Alperen Özdemir

Politist • CECRI • EU, TR Foreign Policy • Beşiktaş 🦅

[DEİK INTERNATIONAL @deikint]

📢Türkiye–Europe Business Councils will organize the panel entitled “From NATO Ally to Industrial Partner: Advancing EU–Türkiye Defence Cooperation” within the framework of the European Defense & Security Summit 2026, hosted by the European Business Summits (@ebsummiteurope).

The panel, to be moderated by Teri Schultz, will feature opening remarks by Amb. Yaprak Balkan, Permanent Delegate of Türkiye to the European Union.

📍Ali Rıza Alptekin, President of Defense & Aerospace, Kale Group
📍Renzo Tomellini, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Leonardo Brussels Office,
📍Fernando Miguélez García, Representative to EU & NATO, Navantia & Vice-Chair of SEA Europe,
📍Ali Serdar Kılınç, Global Marketing Strategies Director of Aselsan,
📍Tamer Sırçalı, Business Development Director of Otokar will be our panelists.

🗓️24 June 2026
🌏 Cercle Gaulois, Brussels.

Livestream: https://t.co/yB6NKrTNIs

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The EU-U.K. summit planned for next month will be postponed, the president of the European Council has said.
https://t.co/8OlGwYAiKh

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

António Costa is known as the nice guy of EU politics — but he's suddenly in the line of fire.

His chief of staff’s unannounced contact with Russian officials broke years of diplomatic silence between the EU and Moscow — and took many by surprise.

🔗 https://t.co/h4zAf2UX05

[Helga van Leur ☀ @helgavanleur]

Het thermische spoorboekje (volgens het ECMWF) van de hitte t/m zaterdag.
Kleurenbalk staat onderaan. Licht paars is boven de 40 graden.
NB Het is pas juni. Gemiddeld genomen is het het warmst 5 tot 6 weken na de langste dag.

Beeld: https://t.co/aC4oCvHXpL

[Leonardo @Leonardo_live]

🔴#LDO_PR #Leonardo and @BaykarTech set a major milestone for advanced Crewed/UnCrrewed capability development with successful first K-SWARM live trials. https://t.co/WKZtLHugbM

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Belgian authorities have issued a European arrest warrant for Greece’s former European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, in connection with the Qatargate scandal, according to two senior Greek officials involved in the judicial process.
https://t.co/IDFL7InJD6

[European Western Balkans 🇪🇺 @EWB_eu]

Montenegro is practically ready to join the European Union, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said following the two-day EU leaders’ summit in Brussels. According to him, the situation in the Western Balkans differs from that of Ukraine.

https://t.co/jq1xuSJhpD

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

A diplomat attending the talks in Switzerland claims the Iranian delegation hasn't left and talks between the U.S. and Iran are still ongoing

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

France’s upcoming election “is already bringing the country much closer to a far-right future than at any time since the end of World War II,” writes @Mij_Europe. If France elects “its first far-right leader since 1944,” the resulting shock waves could “extend across Europe.”
https://t.co/5XgcUH8Qxj

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Europe must prioritize AI over its immediate climate ambitions or risk surrendering its tech sovereignty to China, the president of the European Data Centre Association has said.

🔗 https://t.co/L1IXRrDx3C

[Nicușor Dan @NicusorDanRO]

I had an excellent discussion today with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul, focusing on developing the wide-ranging cooperation between Romania and Türkiye. Our countries share excellent traditional relations and a friendship that has only grown stronger over the years. Since establishing our Strategic Partnership in 2011, a cornerstone for the development of our relations, our cooperation has deepened across every key dimension, and Türkiye has become a vital partner for Romania. We have agreed to further increase our bilateral ties, with concrete steps on security, economic, energy and infrastructure cooperation. We will continue to develop our defence cooperation while working together to ensure free navigation and security in the Black Sea, including countering maritime drones via MCM Black Sea and increasing maritime security awareness. Thus, we bring added value to NATO's deterrence and defence posture on the Eastern Flank.
Beyond our bilateral ties, Türkiye is a vital partner for the EU as a whole. As a central actor in Black Sea security architecture, Türkiye plays an indispensable role in the Europe’s defence, and a strong EU-Türkiye relationship serves our shared strategic interests.
Ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara, we have also agreed to deepen our security cooperation with particular focus on Ukraine, Black Sea security and the protection of our critical infrastructure. We also expressed our shared interest in supporting a durable peace process in the Middle East.
Thank you, President Erdoğan, for this productive exchange. I look forward to building further on our partnership. @RTErdogan

[Clash Report @clashreport]

NEW: Türkiye made its first-ever warship export to a NATO and EU member state, delivering the Contraamiral Roman corvette to Romania, while also commissioning the TCG Koçhisar patrol vessel into the Turkish Navy.

[Nicușor Dan @NicusorDanRO]

Today in Istanbul we are jointly celebrating with the President of the Republic of Türkiye @RTErdogan, our defence ministers and high-ranking military officials, the “Rear-Admiral August Roman” – 261 Hisar-class vessel corvette entering into the service of the Romanian Naval Forces under the national flag. With this new acquisition, Romania proves once more its commitment to delivering on the defence investment pledge made at The Hague and on NATO's Capability Targets thus, significantly contributing to increasing European contribution to the North Atlantic Alliance and to our common security in the Black Sea region, together with the Republic of Türkiye, our Strategic Partner, ally and traditional friend.
Today we have also taken another step towards developing Euro-Atlantic defence industrial partnerships. Romania appreciates Turkish companies for their professionalism in implementing our joint contracts and welcomes the initiatives intended for the development in Romania of maintenance facilities for vessels serving our national defence system.
Through close cooperation, we will be stronger and more effective in the face of security threats in the Black Sea region and beyond. I encourage the intensification of collaboration between our forces, as well as the development of bilateral defence industrial cooperation.
I wish success to the commander and the crew of the "Rear-Admiral August Roman" - 261 corvette in fulfilling their missions, as she joins the active fleet of the Romanian Naval Forces to carry forward a proud legacy of service and dedication to our country!

[Bloomberg @business]

EU leaders sought to strike a balance between addressing deepening trade imbalances with China while not provoking a damaging conflict with the world’s No. 2 economy https://t.co/JPc4zj6awv

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Trump to Axios:

The Iranians, very smart people. They're sort of primitive genius, but they're smart.

They would've blown up Israel.

If it weren't for me, Israel would not exist today.

[Dış Ekonomik İlişkiler Kurulu - DEİK @deikiletisim]

📢Türkiye-Lüksemburg İş Konseyimiz, Lüksemburg Finans Ekosistemi ve Türkiye–Lüksemburg Finans İş Birliği Fırsatları Webinarını gerçekleştirecek.

🗓️25 Haziran 2026
⏰11.00
Katılım için⬇️
🔗https://t.co/OkpiUnHEQk

#İşimizTicariDiplomasi

[Bloomberg @business]

Turkey, ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara next month, is not only raising a security force larger than many alliance members’ militaries but also giving the Turkish capital a cosmetic makeover https://t.co/dZI3OQFrhr

[Bloomberg @business]

Turkey plans to reopen the long-shuttered Halki seminary as a university, reviving an institution central to Orthodox Christianity and addressing a longstanding demand from the US and the EU https://t.co/QWdRwefZ2d

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

Wow, JD Vance is publicly slamming Netanyahu and his cabinet for their opposition to the Iran deal

[Ragıp Soylu @ragipsoylu]

NEW: Trump told Erdogan he is attending Nato's Ankara summit 'just for him'

• Sources say Erdogan’s role as host helped persuade Trump to attend as tensions grow between Washington and European allies

https://t.co/ldLCGBfGHB