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ASELSAN announced that its GOKALP Counter-UAV System successfully destroyed a target drone using a hit-to-kill interceptor during a live demonstration at the company's Ogulbey Technology Base, marking the entry of a fully mobile and cost-effective solution into Türkiye's autonomous air defense portfolio.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized the existing global order and the United Nations, warning that binding international accords and judicial rulings are increasingly ignored while the UN system lacks legitimacy for failing to reflect the will of the global community.Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday that Ankara has finalized preparations to submit the Mecca defense agreement to parliament for approval, stressing that the pact provides for mutual defense and does not authorize attacks or troop deployments to other countries.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for discoveries explaining how molecular asymmetry essential to life emerges through autocatalysis, resolving a century-old mystery about homochirality with significant implications for drug development.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara stands ready to facilitate direct contacts between Moscow and Kyiv, emphasizing Black Sea navigational safety and congratulating the leader on his birthday and election success.

ASELSAN announced that its GOKALP Counter-UAV System successfully destroyed a target drone using a hit-to-kill interceptor during a live demonstration at the company's Ogulbey Technology Base, marking the entry of a fully mobile and cost-effective solution into Türkiye's autonomous air defense portfolio.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized the existing global order and the United Nations, warning that binding international accords and judicial rulings are increasingly ignored while the UN system lacks legitimacy for failing to reflect the will of the global community.Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday that Ankara has finalized preparations to submit the Mecca defense agreement to parliament for approval, stressing that the pact provides for mutual defense and does not authorize attacks or troop deployments to other countries.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for discoveries explaining how molecular asymmetry essential to life emerges through autocatalysis, resolving a century-old mystery about homochirality with significant implications for drug development.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara stands ready to facilitate direct contacts between Moscow and Kyiv, emphasizing Black Sea navigational safety and congratulating the leader on his birthday and election success.

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Turkish foreign minister meets US secretary of state in Prague

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Turkish foreign minister meets US secretary of state in Prague

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Meeting between Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held on margins of informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers

Türkiye's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

"Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan met with Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, on the margins of the informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Prague," the ministry said on X.

More information was not provided but according to diplomatic sources discussions between the two focused on a cease-fire in Gaza, progress on the two-state solution, the situation in Ukraine, and efforts to resolve conflicts in some African nations.

Ankara's views on recent developments in Syria were also conveyed, and topics of interest to the alliance ahead of the NATO summit to be held in Washington were also discussed, the sources said.

Titles :Antony Blinken Hakan Fidan Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs NATO NATO Informal Foreign Ministers Meeting Prague Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan Türkiye US US Secretary of State Antony Blinken