Former MI5 agent Annie Machon added: Turkey had US blessing for attack against Russia

Former MI5 agent: Russia ruins Western plan to build a pipeline from Qatar to Europe via Syria.

Both of them are bad guys now!?

Iranian President Rouhani visits Turkey

Published on 9 Jun 2014 | Zeine Khodr reports from Ankara on Rouhani's visit to Turkey

Turkey - Good/Bad depends on your (political) worldview?

Turkish PM granted greater role over military

Published on 13 Feb 2014 | Turkey's parliament has approved legislation granting the government more power over the military. The move is causing controversy,with many saying it's aimed at covering up a major corruption scandal .Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports.

EDITOR's Comment : According to AJE - The move is causing controversy,...But the news hinted out nuances that AJE wants a more 'political military'. Let us see how AJE will twist this (move) in future?

What's up Tayyip Erdogan?

Jan 30, 2014 | Looking for a friend, a safe heaven?

Sibel Edmonds Explains the CIA's "Reverse Engineering" of Erdogan

Exclusive interview: FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds discusses her recent article, "Turkish PM Erdogan: The Speedy Transformation of an Imperial Puppet." We talk about Erdogan's falling out with Fethullah Gülen and the CIA, and how serviceable puppets are discarded by their shadow government masters when they reach their "expiration date."

China Considers Turkish Missile Deal As A Victory

Published on 2 Oct 2013 | Turkey's $4 billion (2.46 billion pounds) order for a Chinese missile defence system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons, even though opposition from Washington and NATO threatens to derail the deal.

The winning bid from the China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corp (CPMIEC) to deliver its FD-2000 air defence missile system in a joint production agreement with Turkey is the first time a Chinese supplier has won a major order for state-of-the-art equipment from a NATO member. U.S., Russian and Western European manufacturers were also in the fray.

The decision last week to award the contract to CPMIEC, a company that is under U.S. sanctions for dealings with Iran, North Korea and Syria, surprised global arms trade experts and senior NATO officials.

"It is quite significant I would say, if it materialises," said Oliver Brauner, a researcher on China's arms exports at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)."It would certainly be a landmark deal."

Turkey signalled on Monday that it could back away from its decision after Washington said it had "serious concerns" about the deal with a sanctioned company for a system that would not be compatible with NATO's other weapons and networks.

And, in a reminder that Ankara faces stiff opposition from its alliance partners in Europe, a NATO official in Brussels said it was important that equipment ordered by member countries is compatible.

"It is premature at this stage to say whether Turkey's acquisition will be able to operate with the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System," the official said.

NATO's disappointment with Turkey is heightened by the fact that the United States, Germany and the Netherlands each sent two Patriot batteries earlier this year after Ankara asked for help in beefing up its air defences against the threat of missiles from Syria.

Ankara could call off the air defence deal under pressure, but some Chinese and foreign commentators suggested it would still be a symbolic victory for Beijing.

They say Turkey's willingness to choose the FD-2000 over established rivals confirms the rapid technical improvement and competitiveness of China's missile and aerospace sector.

Chinese military experts say the system performed well in live tests for the Turkish Defence Ministry.

It also signals that China's sprawling defence industry is poised to become a low cost supplier of high technology weaponry alongside its rapidly expanding sales of basic military equipment including small arms, artillery, armoured vehicles, general purpose vehicles and older generation missiles.

CHINESE MILITARY EXPORTS SOARING

China has displaced the United Kingdom as the world's fifth biggest arms supplier in the five years to 2012, according to SIPRI.

Chinese exports of conventional weapons increased 162 per cent in the five years from 2008 to 2012 compared with the five years from 2003 to 2007, the arms trade monitor reported earlier this year.

Sales to close ally Pakistan accounted for most of this but China is also expanding its deliveries to other markets, mostly in the developing world.

While almost three decades of double digit, annual increases in military spending has accelerated Beijing's ambitious military build-up, it has also allowed China's defence factories to boost the quality and performance of home-grown weapons and military hardware.

"There are good reasons for China to succeed in Turkey," says Vasily Kashin, an arms trade expert at Moscow's Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. "The key factors were price and the readiness to transfer technology."

CPMIEC, the marketing arm of China's missile manufacturing industry, outbid the Franco-Italian company Eurosam and its SAMP/T Aster 30 missile, Russia's Rosoboronexport's S-300 and Patriot air defence batteries from U.S. contractors Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Atilla Sandikli, the chairman of think-tank Bilgesam and a former high-level officer in the Turkish army, said an offer of technology transfer from China was decisive.

Turkey's NATO allies were less enthusiastic about co-production and technology sharing, he added.

Syria : Major militias rejected NSC

Slim prospects for political solution in Syria

Published on 22 Oct 2013 | Al Jazeera interviews Joshua Landis, director for the Center of Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, on the different forces at play in Syria.

18 years of waiting (Ankara application) for EU membership.

EU to reopen accession talks with Turkey on November 5

Published on Oct 23, 2013 EU ministers agreed on Tuesday to resume accession talks with Turkey on November 5th after a three year break.

Originally scheduled in June, negotiations were put on hold after the EU accused Turkish police of using excessive force against anti-government protests earlier this year. 'Firstly I would like to share good news and congratulate our Turkish friends after the Commission progress report. The Council gave green light to the opening on a new negotiation chapter with Turkey. After more that three years break, negotiations are gaining a momentum and I hope to see a speedy progress. First step would be an accession conference at ministerial level agreed today scheduled on 5th November in Brussels', said Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Antanas Linkevičius.

The move comes after Germany dropped its strong opposition against Turkey's EU membership following episodes of police violence in Istambul and Ankara. But earlier this month, the European Commission praised recent judicial (JUDISHAL) reforms in Turkey. 'We got the report of the EC about the situation in Turkey. Turkey had a good reaction. It is getting better and this is the right signal: the way of getting dynamic. This is really the signal to Turkish population that EU is ready to extension. Now Turkey has absolutely to work and improve on Justice and Rights', said German Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Michael Link.

Talks on Turkey's EU accession started in 2005, 18 years after Ankara applied for EU membership.

Turkey's security at risk as Syria war spills over border

Published on 21 Oct 2013 | Kilis is one of Turkey's smallest provinces but it shares a 110-kilometer border with Syria, making it a main transfer for point for Syrian escaping the war in their country.

Syria's elusive political settlement

Friends of Syrians? Don't they realized that it is not easy to dislodge the deep state, as experiences in Turkey & Egypt had shown?

Uploaded on Oct 22, 2013 | news...peace for Syria. Problems to make SNC attend Geneva 2?

Israel's Ambassador Admits Toppling Assad a Longtime Goal

Published on 20 Sep 2013 | Pt 1. - Robert Parry: Israeli Ambassador's omission points to Israel backing Syrian jihadist, making Saudi Arabia and Israel strange bedfellows in the Syrian conflict.

Published on 20 Sep 2013 | Pt 2. - Robert Parry: Israeli Ambassador's omission points to Israel backing Syrian jihadist, making Saudi Arabia and Israel strange bedfellows in the Syrian conflict

Turkey deploy patriot missiles on Syrian border with 1,260 foreign soldiers!

Published on Dec 15, 2012 : US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta made an un-announced visit to Turkey to visit the American Airbase Incirlik.

The US Defense Secretary made this visit while on a mini tour of the region as he payed a stop to Kuwait and Afghanistan as well.

While addressing American troops Panetta said he would deploy 2 batteries of patriot missiles to Turkey along with 400 personnel to operate them. This comes as the Netherlands agreed to send in 360 of their own troops and Germany has agreed to send in 400, bringing the total of foreign troops scheduled to operate inside Turkey to 1,260.

US-backed gangs doomed to fail in Syria:

Published on Jul 28, 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews : The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the United Kingdom promises to increase its support for the armed gangs fighting the Syrian government.

Interview with Dr. Webster Griffin Tarpley, author and historian.

Syrian rebels burn comrades' bodies in Aleppo to hide nationalities.

Rebels clash with government forces in the center of Syria's restive city of Aleppo on July 25, 2012.

Rebels fighting against the Syrian government forces in the northwestern city of Aleppo have burned the bodies of their comrades to hide their nationalities, Press TVreports.

The report comes as clashes between army forces and armed gangs rage on in several regions in Syria. 

Signs of torture can be seen on bodies found in areas held by the armed rebels, Syrian sources say.

The Syrian army on Saturday launched a military operation to clear Aleppo, the country's biggest city, from the foreign-backed rebels. 

Press TV’s correspondent in Syria said the army is inflicting heavy losses on the rebels in Aleppo.

The Red Crescent has suspended some of its operations in Aleppo because of heavy fighting. 

Syrian government said its troops have freed two Italian nationals who had been kidnapped by armed groups in a suburb of Damascus. 

There have also been reports of clashes in the northern province of Idlib while calm has returned to the capital Damascus after government forces flushed out the rebels there. 

Government forces also defused several bombs planted near a mosque in the Hajar al-Aswad district of the capital. 

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011, with demonstrations being held both against and in support of President Bashar al-Assad's government. 

The Syrian government says outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists are the driving factor behind the unrest and deadly violence while the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the killings. 

Damascus also says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country. 


Original post | 28 July 2012 

Turkey sets up secret base near border to equip Syrian rebels.

Members of the terrorist Free Syrian Army (file photo)

Turkey has set up a secret base near the Syrian border to send military and communications supplies to armed groups fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

According to a Qatari source, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are sending weapons and communications equipment for Syrian rebels via the base, which is located in the southern Turkish city of Adana, about one hundred kilometers from Syria’s border, Reuters reported on Friday.

"Three governments are supplying weapons: Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia," said the unnamed Doha-based source. 


"It's the Turks who are militarily controlling it (the base). Turkey is the main coordinator/facilitator. Think of a triangle, with Turkey at the top and Saudi Arabia and Qatar at the bottom," the source said adding that Qatar has a key role in directing operations at the base with Qatari military intelligence and state security officials involved. 

The US intelligence is also believed to be involved in the secret anti-Syria "nerve center" and that they are working through middlemen.

According to the source, the base was set up after Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Saud visited Turkey and requested it. 

Adana is home to Incirlik, a large Turkish-US air force base, but it was not clear from the source whether the secret anti-Syria center was located inside Incirlik base or in the city of Adana. 

Ankara has vehemently denied involvement in the Syrian unrest and supplying rebels with weapons, but the presence of the secret anti-Damascus center in Turkey may explain how the Syrian rebels are staging their deadly attacks such as the devastating bomb attack in Damascus on July 18 which killed at least four high-profile security and military officials, including the defense minister and his deputy who is also President Assad's brother-in-law.

Syria has been the scene of violence by armed groups since March 2011. The violence has claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including many security forces. 

Damascus blames “outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, asserting that it is being orchestrated from abroad. 


Original  report  |  27July 2012

West's radicalism & NATO's Militancy!

Let us list down all the places the West & NATO are acting, without diplomacy and contrary to seeking peace - there & now! 1. Afghanistan 2. Iraq 3. Bahrain 4. Eastern Saudi's Arabia 5. Yemen 6. Pakistan 7. SYRIA There, lead by America, the West is a party to the Civil War!

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Iran's Militant Response to Syria's Crisis (Stratfor's Dispatch)

Published on Jul 25, 2012 by STRATFORvideo : Stratfor's Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses how Iran's militant proxies such as Hezbollah will affect the region as Syria continues to destabilize.

The recent Geneva talks on Syria.

Lavrov in Geneva was talking for all the SCO - Pepe Escobar

Published on Jul 4, 2012 by 108morris108 : Pepe says Lavrov and Clinton made a deal in Geneve that the US will get an honourable exit from Afghanistan in return for a US backing off on support for the Syrian rebels.

 Yet the facts on the ground seem to mean that the insurgency will continue to be feuled by Turkey and Qatar etc.Turkish military build up along the Syrian border is in high gear with constant F16 patrols, and this is contrary to Turkish public opinion.

Morris : "My camera batteries ran out and this caused me to bring the interview to an end".

Who is trying to woo Armenians or recruit them?

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 24 Jan 2012 - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, says a controversial genocide bill passed by the French parliament is "racist". The proposed law makes it illegal to deny that the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide.Turkey says relations between the countries will be seriously affected if French President Nicolas Sarkozy signs it into law.

Will Israel succeed to become the world's preeminent superpower?

Uploaded by 108morris108 on 11 Jan 2012 - Morris Rant - Zionists Back All Sides - Syria Turkey Libya.

Turkey's ex-army chief jailed over coup plot.

Published on 6 Jan 2012 by Euronews - Turkey's ex-army chief has spent his first night behind bars after being charged with trying to overthrow the government.

Retired General Ilker Basbug is the highest ranking officer to be caught up in the so-called Ergenekon case, a long-running crackdown on Turkey's once all- powerful military and secularist establishment. He is expected to challenge the decision to jail him pending trial.