US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Turkey on Dec. 15 to devise new strategies to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq.
Turkish Aerospace Industries has signed an agreement with a partnership of Rolls-Royce and Honeywell for the acquisition of engines that will power a light utility helicopter.
Turkey and Ukraine's biggest defense firms have started negotiations that will most likely end up in a cooperation deal for tank modernization programs.
Russia is seen widely abusing a crisis with Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian SU-24 jet in order to augment its military presence in eastern Mediterranean and Syria, Turkish and Western officials say.