Hulusi Akar

Greece's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) will be delimitated taking into consideration international law and not Turkey's views on the issue, the country's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, state-owned Anadolu news agency on Thursday quoted Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar as saying.

Ankara amped up tensions with Athens on Wednesday, warning that it will not allow anyone to interfere with the activities of its seismographic research vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Romania's Defence Minister Mihai Fifor had bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Canada, Italy and Turkey as part of his participation in Brussels in a meeting of the NATO defense ministers whom he invited officially to participate in the events to be organised in Bucharest on December 1, the National Day of Romania, as 100 years since the Greater Union are celebrated.

This file photo shows Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar

Any military operation in Syria's Idlib would drag a region rife with problems to disaster, Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has said.

Reuters, Ankara. Turkey is reinforcing its military posts inside Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib, Turkish and Syrian rebels sources say, seeking to deter a government offensive which it says would unleash a humanitarian disaster on its border.

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Sept. 10 welcomed Greece's decision to return two Turkish soldiers after they were held for crossing over to the Greek side of the border last week.

U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey (L) held talks with Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in Ankara on Sept. 4.

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar