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US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack: The question on S-400s… For those of you who don’t know, Türkiye, after the coup, bought a Russian defense system. There was a variance in opinion—were we not willing to sell them Patriots, or could they not buy Patriots, but they bought an S-400 system. At the time, Türkiye was also the second-largest NATO ally. This is huge. When you think of what that means and what Türkiye is doing to protect Europe, it’s incredible. They wanted to contribute to the F-35 jet program and, as a matter of fact, were a partner in manufacturing fuselages. When they bought the S-400, Congress then imposed sanctions. Sanctions… in my humble opinion… they don’t work. The sanctioned country becomes so smart, so ingenious, they figure out ways around them. They went off the F-35 system. President Trump and President Erdogan… sat down. Halkbank is now fine. F-16s — renegotiating again. The alliance… is being rebuilt. I think you’re going to see this S-400 situation solved soon. From my boss’s point of view, acceptance into an F-35 program is fine. Greece has S-300s and F-35s. So, that the the Greece-Türkiye issue is you know, another historic issue. I won't even attempt to get there because they'll they'll forbid me to ever go to Mykonos again.

The head of Turkey’s defense industry personally demonstrated how a weapon works Haluk Görgün fired a 66 mm HAR rocket-propelled grenade from MKE and hit the target.

We don’t deserve it yet.

The Japanese community is calling out Westerners over piracy, and it sparked a heated discussion. User (luckynosu) asked: “Why is it that so many Westerners can't understand the Japanese way of thinking that hates justifying theft?” But another user (TakumiTakumado) pushed back, pointing out that one of the biggest piracy sites reportedly gets around 45% of its traffic from Japan. It highlights a clear disconnect: in Japan, piracy is widely viewed as outright theft with little tolerance for excuses, while in Western spaces, it’s often justified due to accessibility, pricing, or availability. Meanwhile, the scale of the issue is massive, Japan estimates online piracy caused over ¥5.7 trillion (~$30B+) in digital content losses in 2025 alone.

Biz daha İstanbul'u almadan önce Floransa da bankacılık yapılıyordu. Osmanlı bunda ancak 400 yıl sonra ilk bankayı kurdu. Biz 400 yıl geriden geldiğimiz bu muazzam geri kalmışlığı Cumhuriyet ile minimum'a indirdik hatta kapattık.

Greece uses the same design on its 1 euro coins that was used 2500 years ago in athens.