​Turkey Seeks Record Defense Budget, Readying For Regional War – Tyler Durden

Turkey Seeks Record Defense Budget, Readying For Regional War Via Middle East Eye Turkey aims to spend a total of $47 billion on defense and security for the next year, its highest ever spending, a government budget proposal showed on Thursday.  Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said during a briefing at the presidency that the government aims to earmark 913.9 billion Turkish lira ($26.8bn) for defense spending. This would also include 165 billion lira needed for the defense industry support fund.  Via AFP The budget also envisions 694.5 billion lira for domestic security needs, which cover the interior ministry, the police, the…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More