🇹🇷 Türkiye’s proposed 2027 defence & security budget signals a major shift.
A record 229% increase in military equipment procurement funding raises a key question: can Ankara turn financial commitments into operational capabilities and greater defence-industrial independence?
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🇹🇷 Türkiye plans to allocate 3.45 trillion lira to defence and security in 2027, with weapons and equipment procurement funding set to rise by 229%. Ankara aims to strengthen its domestic defence industry and reduce foreign dependence. The key question: how quickly will this boost military capabilities?
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🇵🇱 108 years ago, Poland regained its independence.
November 11 is a day of pride, remembrance, and gratitude to the generations of Poles who fought for a free and sovereign homeland.
Today, as we cherish the legacy of our independence, we are reminded that freedom cannot be taken for granted. It is a value we must safeguard every day - including by strengthening Poland’s position on the international stage.
🇵🇱 Long live Independent Poland!
Poland is today celebrating the 108th anniversary of regaining its independence.
In a few hours, hundreds of thousands of conservatives, nationalists and patriots will be filling the streets of Warsaw for the Independence Day March, the world’s largest annual conservative event
A Turkish software engineer living in Warsaw has created a precise digital replica of the city
The map, which can be explored for free online, features almost 200,000 buildings, moving trams that match their real-life schedules and live weather conditions https://t.co/uwodlJ76ka
Today, we celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye 🇹🇷. Happy Republic Day! 🎉
"Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ilelebet payidar kalacaktır."
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🇹🇷 Türkiye’s proposed 2027 defence & security budget signals a major shift.
A record 229% increase in military equipment procurement funding raises a key question: can Ankara turn financial commitments into operational capabilities and greater defence-industrial independence?
👇
🇹🇷 Türkiye plans to allocate 3.45 trillion lira to defence and security in 2027, with weapons and equipment procurement funding set to rise by 229%. Ankara aims to strengthen its domestic defence industry and reduce foreign dependence. The key question: how quickly will this boost military capabilities?
@natalia_potera
#Türkiye #Turkey #Defence #DefenceIndustry
@EdamOrg@IISS_org
https://t.co/o99fz9luj1
🇪🇸🇵🇱 Spain and Poland's leaders nearly descended into INSULTS during a heated EU fight over immigration.
Poland's PM Tusk clashed with Spain's PM Sánchez after Poland, Italy and Denmark pushed for tougher EU language against illegal immigration.
Sánchez opposed that proposal, with France and Luxembourg backing his position.
Polish accounts say Tusk eventually walked out of the room, forcing EU Council President António Costa to persuade him to return so the meeting could continue.
Sánchez defended regularizing undocumented migrants, while Tusk argued Spain's approach could encourage illegal crossings and threaten security elsewhere in Europe.
Tusk's warning:
“Spain must implement our migration policy if we want Schengen to survive.”
Source: ABC / Writer: Samuel
Uzbekistan just reformed its alphabet. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the Latin-script reform law.
The alphabet now has 28 letters plus one apostrophe. Four digraphs become single letters: O' to Ö, G' to Ğ, Sh to Ş, Ch to Ç. The Ng combination is dropped entirely.
Saida Mirziyoyeva, who has pushed the reform since December 2023, called it the correction of a years-long historic mistake.
NEW: Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia have signed a defense industry cooperation pact called “Badr” in Doha, Qatar.
The four countries’ defense ministers signed the memorandum of understanding.
The deal covers joint production, research and development, and technical military training.
It aims to move existing bilateral projects into a multilateral industrial framework.
Each country will contribute its own military production strengths.
The name “Badr” means full moon in Arabic.
NEW: Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan and Indonesia will sign a memorandum of understanding in Doha to strengthen cooperation in the defense industry, Türkiye's Defense Industry Agency (SSB) announces.
The deal builds on existing projects, including Bayraktar TB2 drones and armored vehicles supplied to Qatar, corvettes built for Pakistan's navy in Istanbul and Karachi, and the Kaplan MT medium tank developed jointly with Indonesia.
The SSB said Turkish defense and aerospace exports topped $10 billion in 2025, up 48% from the year before, and have passed $11 billion over the past 12 months.
Türkiye is now the world's 11th-largest arms supplier, having increased its exports by 122% over the past five years.
🇹🇷 At #IAC2026 in Antalya, ASELSAN unveiled a physical prototype of a satellite for the GÖKBAĞI mega-constellation, internationally promoted as ASTRALINK. The project is designed to meet the specific needs of Turkish state institutions. 🛰️
@natalia_potera#Turkey#SpaceTech #Defence
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Anıl'ın söylediklerine katılıyorum bilhassa Kore ile gelişen ilişkilere. Ancak Polonya'nın nitelik ve kazanım olarak Türkiye'den alacaklarının ucu daha açık. En basitinde taahhütlerimizi yerine getirir, operasyonel desteği de (tecrübelerle sabit) daha iyi aktarırız. NATO müttefikliğin de bu bağlamda iyi bir zemin olduğunun farkındalar. ASELSAN'ın keşfettiği güzel bir patika var. Devamının geleceği ve katmanlı bir ihracat silsilesi göreceğimizi umuyorum.
Türkiye to Raise Weapons Spending by 229% in 2027
Türkiye plans to increase spending on weapons, ammunition and military systems by 229% in 2027, with about $45 billion earmarked for defense and another $26 billion for internal security.
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