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“Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa”

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Erdogan sets out to conquer Africa

Keen to reassert Turkey's international status, and also to help Turkish companies to break into the African market, the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been spearheading a major diplomatic and business drive in Africa. To achieve its goals, the Turkish government is counting on the assistance of its religious networks. [...]

Tunisia's military will soon be operating Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) armed drones. According to our information, the Turkish state-owned conglomerate finalised a first export contract for its Anka model in January. Despite tensions between Tunis and Ankara (read below), the [...] (667 words)

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TUNISIA
Abdelkrim Zbidi
Baykar Makina
BMC
Carmikli
Ennahda
Ethem Sancak
Kaïs Saïed
Khalifa Haftar
MAM-L
Muslim Brotherhood
Nurol
Nurol Makina
Ogüz Carmikli
Otokar
Ozdemir Bayraktar
Rached Ghannouchi
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
TIKA
Tunisian Armed Forces
Türk EximBank
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Youssef Chahed

Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Turkish manufacturer Katmerciler is struggling to finalise the sale of 20 Hizir armoured vehicles and a dozen logistic support units to the Gambian authorities, as negotiations stall over the question of how to finance them. [...]

NIGER Defence Politics 09/12/2021

Arms top Bazoum's Christmas list

Less than three weeks after signing with Turkey's TAI and Baykar for unmanned aerial vehicles and observation aircraft, Niger is already thinking of acquiring two more MI-24 helicopters. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Business 08/10/2021

Tunis takes delivery of its first Turkish armed drones

In late September Tunisia took delivery of its first Anka-S armed drones. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Politics 18/08/2021

Saied's power grab casts doubt on Turkish drone delivery

Everything was all set for Turkish Aerospace Industries to deliver six Anka-S combat drones to the Tunisian army when President Kais Saied seized executive control, ostensibly to undermine Ennahda, the Islamist party long supported by Turkey. [...]

MOROCCO Defence Politics 16/04/2021

Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara. [...]

TUNISIA Diplomacy 18/03/2021

Ennahda's Abdallah Khalfaoui threatens to upstage Ghannouchi on Turkish relations

The former member of Ennahda's political bureau, Abdallah Khalfaoui, is emerging still further from the shadow of the party leader, Rached Ghannouchi, and is now competing with him on the terrain of relations with Turkey, a longstanding ally of the Islamist party. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Politics 16/03/2021

Military equipment dealer Moussa Ben Ahmed appointed new chair of Tunisian-German friendship group

For his first meeting as chairman of the Tunisian-German friendship group, Ennahda MP Moussa Ben Ahmed appeared with party leader and Assembly speaker Rached Ghannouchi. Ben Ahmed represents German and Turkish military equipment suppliers to the Tunisian army and police. [...]

Ennahda MP Moussa Ben Ahmed at the founding meeting of the Tunisia-Germany parliamentary friendship group on March 8, 2021. © Moussa Ben Ahmed/Facebook

EGYPT SUDAN Politics 23/12/2020

General Idriss opens diplomatic passport black box

Under pressure from its new Egyptian, Saudi and Emirati allies, the Sovereignty Council of Sudan is reviewing the diplomatic passports distributed by its predecessors to Islamist militants and business people needing to keep a low profile. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Business 17/12/2020

Havelsan tipped to provide Anka-S drone flight simulators

The Turkish defence electronics provider Havelsan is in pole position to provide flight simulators to train personnel on how to use the three Anka-S drones ordered by the Tunisian government from its compatriot TAI. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Business 22/09/2020

Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

The Tunisian army is unable to foot its share of the $240m bill, despite Turk Eximbank pitching in 85% of the total order. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Business 18/08/2020

Turkey's Aselsan seeks to muscle in on military radar project

While its American and European competitors have responded to the call for tenders issued by Tunisia's defence ministry, the Turkish defence firm Aselsan is angling for its own solution, which is far removed for the technical specifications of the contract, to be accepted in an over-the-counter arrangement. [...]

Mobile radar Kalkan-II made by Turkey's Aselsan. © Aselsan

TUNISIA Defence Business 24/07/2020

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TUNISIA
Abdelkrim Zbidi
Baykar Makina
BMC
Carmikli
Ennahda
Ethem Sancak
Kaïs Saïed
Khalifa Haftar
MAM-L
Muslim Brotherhood
Nurol
Nurol Makina
Ogüz Carmikli
Otokar
Ozdemir Bayraktar
Rached Ghannouchi
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
TIKA
Tunisian Armed Forces
Türk EximBank
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Youssef Chahed

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Katmerciler struggling to clinch armoured vehicles contract for Minusma

Arms top Bazoum's Christmas list

Tunis takes delivery of its first Turkish armed drones

Saied's power grab casts doubt on Turkish drone delivery

Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Ennahda's Abdallah Khalfaoui threatens to upstage Ghannouchi on Turkish relations

Military equipment dealer Moussa Ben Ahmed appointed new chair of Tunisian-German friendship group

General Idriss opens diplomatic passport black box

Havelsan tipped to provide Anka-S drone flight simulators

Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

Turkey's Aselsan seeks to muscle in on military radar project

Defence industry: no made-in-Bizerte armored vehicles for Turkey's Nurol Makina

Plenty for Kais Saied and Macron to digest over dinner at Elysée

Boosted by turnover in Libya, Ghannouchi seeks to regain upper hand

Belkacem Haftar lobbies against Turkey in Paris for his father

Turkish drone-maker Baykar teams up with Avionav after losing out to TAI

Elyès Fakhfakh: Rached Ghannouchi's last stand

Saïed caught between Algiers and Ankara

Youssef Chahed seals military deal with Ankara

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan's drones fly to Fayez Sarraj's rescue

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