Turkish Army

How Turkey Could Destroy Israel’s Air Corridor Over Syria

The Turkish military is deploying anti-aircraft weapons to the former Syrian Army airbases at Palmyra and Menagh—seemingly in an attempt to disrupt future Israeli attempts to strike at Iran.

Turkey Is Building A Domestic Tank Arsenal

The Altay MBT is based on South Korea's K2 Black Panther, but was further designed and developed to meet the needs of the Turkish Land Forces.

Just How Deadly Is the Turkish Military?

Here’s What You Need to Know: Turkey should not be underestimated. Straddling two continents, Turkey has one of the most powerful armed forces in Europe or Asia. Over four hundred...

Lookout Syria, Turkey Is Building a New Main Battle Tank

Here’s What You Need to Remember: So despite firm affirmation from Ankara that the Altay tank is a purely domestic design, the patchwork South Korean-German-Turkish tank may finally enter service...

How Turkey Built One of Europe’s Most Powerful Armies

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As part of Turkey’s contribution to the F-35 program, Turkish defense contractor Roketsan partnered with Lockheed Martin to develop the SOM (Stand Off Missile) cruise...

How Dangerous is the Turkish Army?

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Though the relationship between Turkey and the West has been strained, their military is well-trained, highly sophisticated, and probably the strongest in the region.  Straddling two...