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Technological advancement is good for any country. But there are some technologies that set the countries that have them apart from those that don't. 

Nuclear weapons capability is one of these thingsç If you have a nuclear weapon then you belong to a different league. 

CNN Türk, its Ankara representative Hande Fırat, and daily Hürriyet columnist Abdulkadir Selvi have received the "Information and Democracy Award" for their critical role in countering the July 15 coup attempt, at the 33rd National Informatics Congress held by the Turkish Informatics Society (TBD) and launched on Dec. 8 by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. 

Representatives of TV and radio channels which were removed from Türksat, Turkey's top satellite network, as part of a state of emergency decree held a press conference on Oct. 3 in the Turkish Journalists' Union Office, daily BirGün has reported.

U.K.-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and Turkey's satellite operator TurkSat have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate in the satellite service, maritime communication, defense and aerospace sectors.

The satellite broadcast of IMC TV was blacked out on Feb. 24, following a public prosecutor's demand that its frequency be cut for "making terror organization propaganda."   

"There has been an interruption in the satellite broadcast of IMC TV. The reason has not been clarified yet," the small leftist station said in a tweet.

Thirteen radio stations and television channels owned by the Samanyolu Media Group have been removed from Türksat, Turkey's top satellite network, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Among the TV channels removed from the Türksat were Samanyolu Haber TV, Mehtap TV, Yumurcak TV and Dünya TV, all owned by the Samanyolu Media Group.

Turkey will launch its TURKSAT 4B communications satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Oct. 16, according to a statement by the Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry.

The TURKSAT 4B Communication Satellite is Turkey's sixth to be put into orbit and will work in tandem with a similar one named Turksat 4A, which was launched on Feb. 25, 2015.

Turkey has launched its TURKSAT 4B communications satellite from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, according to a statement released on Oct. 15 by the Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ministry.

The opening of the country?s first space system integration and satellite testing center constitutes Turkey?s first step towards space, making it an assertive country on space studies, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said on May 21.

Turkey is to open its first satellite assembly and test center on May 21, according to a statement from the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

The Spacecraft Assembly, Integration and Test Center, located northwest of Ankara, in Kazan, will initially test the Göktürk-1 satellite, a civil and military observation satellite to be launched in November.