Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base, which hosts U.S. nuclear warheads, in response to threats of U.S. sanctions and a separate U.S. Senate resolution that recognized mass killings of Armenians a century ago as genocide, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
Archiv: İncirlik
Türkei droht mit Schließung von Incirlik
Das Verhältnis zwischen den NATO-Partnern USA und Türkei gilt schon länger als beschädigt. Jetzt drohte Präsident Erdogan mit der Schließung der Airbase in Incirlik, sollten die USA an ihrer Politik festhalten.
Spain extends Patriot deployment since NATO ally’s security is crucial: Ambassador
Spain has decided on the extension of Patriot air defense missiles deployed in Turkey’s southern Adana province for the next six months because Madrid attaches importance to its NATO ally’s security concerns, Spanish Ambassador Juan Gonzales Barba has told the Hürriyet Daily News.
Nukes in Turkey will be on minds in London NATO summit: The Economist
Italy and Turkey host between 60 and 70 bombs each, but “the bombs that most worry American officials are stored in vaults at İncirlik air base” in the southern Turkish province of Adana, The Economist said.