Pravda: Turkey's defense power grows at a pace to be envied

An analysis entitled "Turkey's defense power grows at a pace to be envied" which was written by Yuri Mavashev and published on English edition of the Russian daily Pravda warns Moscow. The article stresses the importance of Turkey's success in weapon production, saying, "Turkey is a traditional partner, and even more traditional rival at Russia's southern borders. This 70,000,000-strong country is part of NATO, and the Turkic and Muslim people in Russia are the subject of Turkish "courtship." Russia should be concerned about the strengthened power of the Turkish army that is already one of the top ten in the world. Today, the Turkish army is the most organized, numerous and powerful state institution. Turkish army of half a million soldiers is the largest in size after the United States in the NATO military bloc. The Ministry of Defense of Turkey has five divisions: Air Force, Navy, The Army, Gendarmerie, and the Coast Guard."