* Tydens die opgrawings in die gebied, is daar ongeveer 37 gesinkte skepe van verskillende soorte en groottes ontdek wat dateer uit die tydperk van die vyfde tot die 11de eeue, die grootste Middeleeuse gesinkte skeepsversameling ter wêreld. Daar kan moontlik nog meer wees, tyd sal leer. * Terwyl die skeepswrakke belangrike inligting sal verskaf… Continue reading Geheime van Istandbul, Turkye
Kategorie: Turkey – Turkye
Turkye se Marmaray tonnel
* Die Marmaray tonnel projek sou 'n omgewingsvolhoubare openbare vervoerstelsel wees, maar daar was heelwat onderbrekings terwyl dit gebou is. Dit word gedemonstreer deur die nuutgeboude gebou van die spoorwegstelsel, wat aangevul word deur vlote nuwe treine, sodat die Marmaray die ruggraat van 'n nuwe openbare vervoernetwerk sal wees, wat maklike toegang, gemaklik en vinnig… Continue reading Turkye se Marmaray tonnel
Tigris en Eufraat – Irak en ander
* n Lugfoto wys Sinbad-eiland en die Khaled-brug op die Shatt al-Arab-waterweg, wat op 7 Mei 2022 gevorm is by die samevloeiing van die Eufraat- en Tigris-riviere, in Irak se suidelike stad Basra. Die Tigris- en Eufraat-rivierstelsel staar baie uitdagings in die gesig, soos die afname in waterkwaliteit en -hoeveelheid. Lae waterproduktiwiteit, klimaatsverandering en dambou… Continue reading Tigris en Eufraat – Irak en ander
Qassim Soleimani – Syria – Iran – Turkey – Russia
Qassim Soleimani’s death may force a change in the Russian calculus involving Syria, Iran and Turkey. Iranian General Qassim Soleimani, killed last week by a U.S. drone in Baghdad, has been credited with persuading Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene militarily in Syria in 2015, a claim the Kremlin denies. Regardless of the truth… Continue reading Qassim Soleimani – Syria – Iran – Turkey – Russia
Russia/Turkey on joint patrols in NE Syria
Russia and Turkey launch joint patrols in northeastern Syria. Maria Khodynskaya-Golenishcheva, a senior adviser to the Russian Foreign Ministry, recalled that the negotiated ceasefire with the United States in eastern Aleppo in September 2016 lasted for just two weeks, because both powers had ignored regional players. 31 October 2019 Fighting has intensified near the northeast Syrian town… Continue reading Russia/Turkey on joint patrols in NE Syria
US and Syria – oil fields
The US push to claim Syrian oil fields is "banditry," the Russian Defense Ministry has said. A US military convoy was heading towards oil fields at Syria's Deir el-Zour, where Washington already maintains a small force. * On 25 October 2019 , the U.S. Defense Department said that it planned to increase up its… Continue reading US and Syria – oil fields
Russian – Turkish – Kurdish – Syria (Sochi “Agreement”)
* Tydens samesprekings in Sochi het die Russiese president Vladimir Poetin en sy Turkse eweknie Recep Tayyip Erdogan op 17 Oktober 2019 'n ooreenkoms gesluit oor die lot van noord-Sirië om 'n nuwe status quo in die streek te skep. Was die "ooreenkoms" slegs om die Koerde hieruit te kry sodat die Turke daar oor… Continue reading Russian – Turkish – Kurdish – Syria (Sochi “Agreement”)
Turkey – Milgem Class Multimission Corvettes – and Aircrafts
Milgem Project Office (MPO) designed and developed the vessel platform. Milgem’s design concept and mission profile is similar to the littoral combat ship (LCS-1) developed by Lockheed Martin. It features a steel hull and fragmentation resistant composite superstructure. The stealth hull design achieves low radar, magnetic, infrared and acoustic signatures. * Designed as a… Continue reading Turkey – Milgem Class Multimission Corvettes – and Aircrafts
Turkey – USA (Kurdish conflicts)
Die gevegte is alreeds sowat 8 dae aan die gang en nog meer sanksies gaan/kan volg .... Eight days already gone into war of flames - heavy fighting continues as Turkey presses on with its military operation, against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria. Turkey's president, Erdogan said the military action aims to remove the Kurdish-led forces from the border… Continue reading Turkey – USA (Kurdish conflicts)
Turkey – USA (Russia)
It was confirmed by Turkey representatives, they have received a sophisticated Russian surface-to-air missile system, defying U.S. threats for more than a year that purchasing the S-400s would result in harsh retaliation against the fellow NATO ally. Photo - A Russian plane carrying the first batch of equipment for S-400 missile defense systems arrives at… Continue reading Turkey – USA (Russia)
Border walls
Ongelooflik - EU befonds 'n 764 km grensmuur tussen Turkye en Sirië. En hulle is nie die enigste land wat geld spandeer om grense te beveilig en mure te bou nie. Maar sodra ander dit doen, word dit krities beskou en as onmenslik, veral omdat hierdie lande wat so bohaai opskop nie werklik… Continue reading Border walls









