The latest insider information about Turkey in the US has come to light. The analysis article published in the National Interest (NI), which is considered the Republican Party’s most important bastion in the press, shared the latest Congressional insider information about Turkey. While members of Congress with military and intelligence backgrounds are expressing their uneasiness with the question of “Why does Turkey have so many battle tanks?”, some of the members support Ankara’s national tank project ‘Altay’ on the grounds that it will “strengthen NATO.”
GEOPOLITICAL RESOLUTION
The “Senators and Representatives” members of the US Congress with a military background examined the number of tanks in the Turkish Armed Forces and the domestic tank production process. In the article titled “Why Does Turkey Have So Many Tanks”, which conveyed the information and comments in the congressional lobbies, It was reported that Turkey has nearly 700 modern and 1,500 modernized tanks.
OTTOMAN INFLUENCE
According to information coming from behind the scenes, military and intelligence background figures in the US Congress think that Turkey wants to have the powerful influence that the Ottoman Empire once had in the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East geopolitically. Due to the long-term tense relations between the US and Germany with Türkiye, Türkiye did the unexpected and started to develop national weapons, vehicles, hardware and software on land, at sea and in the air.
“NO NEED ANYMORE!”
Members of Congress are aware that the most signed agreements in Turkey’s past military relations with the US were on the modernization of tanks, but Ankara has now started domestic tank production with the ‘Altay main battle tank’, leaving modernization aside. Politicians with a military background are also surprised by the fact that the Altay is a fourth-generation main battle tank.
GREECE COMPETITION
According to experts, Turkish-Greek relations also explain the number of tanks in Ankara’s possession. Greece has more than 850 tanks, which is more than the number of tanks in the hands of England and France. The number of tanks in the hands of the two countries reveals both mutual distrust and a competition based on land armies. According to the names in the Congress Since the US has recently signed military decisions and agreements that will be in Greece’s favor, Turkey’s national weapons and war vehicle projects are also gradually accelerating.
SUPPORTING SENATORS
There is also very striking information among the congressional lobbies. Accordingly, some members of Congress welcome and support Turkey becoming an independent defense industry power in NATO. It is thought that Turkey’s weapons becoming a global export market and the fact that it sells weapons to NATO member countries, especially thanks to its breakthroughs in the aviation field, strengthens the alliance. It is expected that Turkey’s national Altay battle tank project will be completed in 2025 and Stating that approximately one thousand Altay tanks will enter the TAF inventory, members of Congress underline that this will strengthen NATO’s Eastern wing, which is its most critical front.
TSK INVENTORY
The fully modernized battle tanks currently in the TSK inventory are as follows: ‘Leopard 1’ (Germany) and ‘Leopard 2’ (Germany), ‘M60 Sabra’ (USA), ‘M60 Patton’ (USA), ‘M48 Patton’ (USA).
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