Reintegrating Turkey into the F-35 program could lower costs, improve NATO airpower, and contain Russian influence, if Ankara complies with safeguards on its S-400 system and realigns with alliance standards.

India's growing defence ties with Greece and Armenia including a reported missile offer have triggered unease in Turkey which views the moves as a response to its support for Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

As Istanbul's mayor remains jailed, pressure mounts on opposition-aligned media to soften their criticism, analysts say.

ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party said a delegation had met President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday to discuss the disarmament process of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and had conveyed its recommendations on the next potential steps.

One year on, Ankara's wish to become a full member to the club lost steam as tensions with India spiked over Turkish aid to Pakistan

Authorities said the chatbot generated responses insulting the strongman president, modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and religious values.

Turkey's foreign and defence ministers discussed cooperation in defence and energy with officials in Pakistan during a visit to Islamabad on Wednesday, Ankara said.

Turkish authorities have detained a former mayor and over 100 officials in Izmir over allegations of corruption

The extended range of the LRLACM missile and its ability to evade advanced air defense systems like the S-400 makes it a much more lethal threat than the BrahMos supersonic missile.