Isn't a no-fly zone worse for Turkey since the Saudis and UAE can just bring in more troops by land from Egypt? Right now you're taking out their airbases so their aircrafts are less of an issue and you are bringing in more and more drones which can bomb any troop movement Haftar makes.
Actually Turkey has done a great job at reforestation. http://news.trust.org/item/20151018075229-vswea/
Here's a quote from the article
It seems like planting trees help and that the trees are taken care of after they're planted.
It seems like you don't have the technology to build a tank from scratch. You still need an engine for example. In the meantime upgrading older tanks to offer better protection for your troops is a good stopgap.
I think that's the wrong way of seeing this. By buying an Ukrainian engine instead of a German one Turkey is still importing instead of developing and producing on its own engine.
I've noticed that too, all their reporting on Turkey is dwelling into conspiracy theories.
"The Turkish economy is growing" - BUT IT'S FAKE!!!/UNSUSTAINABLE!!
"The Turkish defense industry is developing more and more advanced weapons" - THEY SHOULD JUST IMPORT WEAPONS!!
"The Turkish army...
I understand you being skeptical of wherever or not Turkey will be able to complete these defense projects but in all honesty they seem to have a pretty decent track record.
I'll list some defense projects from the recent years and show if they have been delayed or completed.
Umtas anti-tank...
Economic growth in Turkey to exceed 6% in 2017 and is expected to be between 4.5-5% in 2018 and 2019.
http://www.oecd.org/economy/turkey-economic-forecast-summary.htm
The number of tourists have increased with 28% compared to the previous year. A total of 29 million tourists have visited...
Why would Turkey get any technology transfers? The S-400 won't give Turkey any so why would Russia start giving Turkey any now?
The only countries that have been willing to give technology to Turkey have been Western countries (Italy gave technology for the T-129, the US gave technology for the...
I looked into their site and I didn't find any terrorist support there. In fact I found articles that defended Turkey
Here's an article where teyit debunks a conspiracy theory that turkey steals Syrians organs...