Turkey's Defense Ministry

Turkey on July 16 has continued to receive Russian S-400 missile defense system, as the 11th plane landed on an airbase in the capital Ankara, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.         

Delivery of S-400 defense missile system continued on July 15, as eighth Russian plane carrying equipment of the system landed at an airbase on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on July 15.

Turkish security forces have "neutralized" 10 PKK/YPG militants in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on June 11.           

One Turkish soldier was killed and three were slightly wounded in northern Syria on April 30 during an attack by the YGP, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.

A Turkish soldier was killed and one other injured in a mortar attack in northwestern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry said on March 31.

A delegation of Turkey's Defense Ministry on Feb. 2 concluded talks with Russian officials over recent developments in Syria.

Turkey's Defense Ministry condemned an attack by protesters on a Turkish military base near Dohuk in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region on Jan. 26.

A malfunctioning cannon part caused a deadly ammunition depot explosion earlier this month in southeastern Turkey, Turkey's Defense Ministry said Nov. 22.

Turkey has successfully tested its first national missile, dubbed "Kaan," in the Black Sea province of Sinop, Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated on May 11.

The government took over all appointment rights in the military with three sweeping new state of emergency decrees issued late on Jan. 6, with the authority for the formation of cadres in the General Staff transferred to Turkey's Defense Ministry.