Turkish Air Defense System Deployed to "Defend Syria, Iran against Israel Raids"
High-ranking sources in the Israeli Foreign Ministry expressed displeasure with Turkey over deploying anti-aircraft batteries along the Syrian border in the Iskenderun district.
The Turkish daily Hurriyet meanwhile, quoted a military source as saying that “this move aims at repelling a US or Israeli attack against Iran or Syria.”
The Israeli Foreign Ministry sources noted that if the news published in the Turkish media were true, then Ankara would be taking a side with Damascus and Tehran, instead of preventing the nuclearization of Iran.
In a phone call with Al-Manar TV on Wednesday, Mustafa Ozcan, a Turkish political analyst, said “The news in Hurriyet daily is true. The air defense system was moved from Istanbul to Iskenderun to counter any surprise Israeli air raid, because in 2007 Israeli warplanes used the Turkish airspace to carry out air raids on Syrian targets. Thus Turkey took this precautionary measure so that what happened in 2007 would not happen again.”
Asked whether the cooperation between Israel and Turkey gives the Zionist entity the freedom to use Turkey’s air space, Ozcan replied, “Of course not. Israel cannot do this without prior notice to Ankara because Syria is Turkey’s neighbor and ties between the two countries are developing day after day.”
Re: Turkish Air Defense System Deployed to "Defend Syria, Iran against Israel Raids"
Turkey Installs Anti-Aircraft Batteries Near Syrian Border
by IranMilitaryForum.net on Thu May 13, 2010 08:17 PM PDT
Turkey has installed Anti-Aircraft Hawk Missiles at a village close
to the Syrian border in an attempt to prevent Israeli war jets from
violating Turkish Airspace in case of an attack against Iran or Syria.
A Turkish paper reported that Turkey will not allow Israel to use
its airspace to attack Iran, Syria or any other country, and will act
against any such violations.
The anti-aircraft batteries were installed in the village of Kayeel,
south of Turkey and located close to the Syrian border.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Turkish military official
stated that the batteries are meant to protect Turkey and its airspace
against any violations, including American or Israeli war jets should
Israel or the United States decide to attack Iran or Syria.
Installing the batteries is more of a message than a military act as
Turkey is not interested in any military combat but at the same time
will not allow its airspace to be used in attacking neighboring
countries, the official stated.
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