Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and his Turkish counterpart have pledged to boost defense tie-ups between both countries as Tokyo weighs the possibility of purchasing drones from the NATO member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/politics/japan-turkey-defense-chiefs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #turkeyjapanrelations #turkey #defense #drones #gennakatani #defenseministry #budgets
Encouraged by increasingly warm waters, hundreds of species native to the Red Sea have moved through the Suez Canal and into the eastern Mediterranean, disrupting ecosystems, scientists say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/08/15/wildlife/mediterranean-tropicalization-warming-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #oceans #climatechange #turkey
The Greek government plans to develop a home-grown industry that will mass produce drone and anti-drone systems — part of a €30 billion program aimed at modernizing the country's armed forces by 2036. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/07/tech/anti-drone-greek-defense-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #greece #turkey #drones #tech #defense
Interesting findings on the #sustainability backlash, but the choice to include #Turkey as Asia-Pacific and not either #MiddleEast or #Europe is...quite a choice.
Also, more than half the world, by population, is in Asia-Pacific - makes it kind of a useless category to make any conclusions.
Alex Akselrod
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Making Sense of the PKK’s Self-Dissolution : What Does It Mean for the Middle East? https://www.anarchistfederation.net/making-sense-of-the-pkks-self-dissolution-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east/#Kurdistan#Turkey
Making Sense of the PKK’s Self-Dissolution : What Does It Mean for the Middle East? https://www.anarchistfederation.net/making-sense-of-the-pkks-self-dissolution-what-does-it-mean-for-the-middle-east/#Kurdistan#Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, a review of the sprawling investigation shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/world/politics/turkey-erdogan-opponents-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #istanbul #ekremimamoglu #turkey #receptayyiperdogan
Eylul Dogruel
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part of my commuter series. Not sure how many people realize Marmara sea has a #dolphin population and that this sight isn't that uncommon.
#Istanbul, #Turkey#naturePhotography #urban #photography #darktable#editBackLog #artWithOpenSource #dolphinsOfMastodon#creativeToots#mastoArt
part of my commuter series. Not sure how many people realize Marmara sea has a #dolphin population and that this sight isn't that uncommon.
#Istanbul, #Turkey#naturePhotography #urban #photography #darktable#editBackLog #artWithOpenSource #dolphinsOfMastodon#creativeToots#mastoArt