Natalia Adrianna Potera

#Spain 🇪🇸 choosing the HÜRJET from #Türkiye 🇹🇷 isn’t about replacing trainers – it’s about who Europe trusts to build its future air power. In my latest piece, I unpack why this matters: 🔸️Europe talks “strategic autonomy”… but looks outside the EU when it counts 🔸️ Türkiye is no longer just a partner – it’s becoming a serious aerospace player 🔸️ This isn’t a jet purchase, it’s a full training & industrial ecosystem 🔸️ Delays and gaps in Europe’s defence industry are shaping real decisions And so... Is this smart cooperation or proof Europe still can’t deliver on its own ambitions? Let me know what you think about 😉 #HÜRJET

🇫🇷 🇹🇷 🇪🇺 Europe’s defence map is changing. @BaykarTech and @SAFRAN signing a drone-optronics deal is more than just business. Some people ask why Ankara decided on such a move. The answer may be simple: pragmatism and a signal to rivals. France was long seen as one of the strongest backers of Greece 🇬🇷 & Cyprus 🇨🇾 against Türkiye in the Eastern Mediterranean. Yet now even Paris appears ready for strategic cooperation with Ankara. Türkiye’s defence industry has reached a point where even political rivals can no longer ignore it.

Sınırlar ordular tarafından korunur. Barış ise diplomasiyle korunur. 🙌 Yunanistan ve Türkiye’nin daha az milliyetçi söyleme, daha fazla ciddi diyaloğa ihtiyacı var. 🫡

Bardzo dobre zdjęcie poszło w świat: "Polska Straż Graniczna patroluje granicę konno". Choć to na zdjęciach ma być WOT. Jest moc!

#BREAKING #SONDAKİKA Turkish intelligence says it dismantled an international spy network operating inside #Türkiye 🇹🇷 According to reports: 🔸️7 suspects detained in raids across 4 provinces 🔸️Allegedly passed sensitive information to foreign intelligence services 🔸️Targets reportedly included NGOs, associations, ethnic communities, and public officials 🔸️Operation carried out by #MİT with Ankara prosecutors and counterterror units. Türkiye says the network used covert methods and digital communications to transfer information. No foreign country has officially been named yet ❌️ and the allegations have not been proven in court BUT the scale of the operation is already making headlines ⚠️

Zawsze śmieszy 😆😆😆 That video never gets old and always makes me laugh. But X... srsly? 😶

The #Eurovision final has begun. Due to Israel’s 🇮🇱 participation, Spain 🇪🇸 #boycotted the performance and the broadcast. At 9:00PM, instead of airing the live show, the Spanish public broadcaster displayed the following message:

🇵🇱🇸🇪 Poland and Sweden are once again strengthening their ties. Read more: tiny.pl/5m_ntdbvy

Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan’dan gençlere: • Varsın birileri size sürekli karamsarlık aşılasın, varsın birileri umutlarınızı çalmaya çalışsın. Biz size güveniyoruz. • Biz size sonuna kadar güveniyoruz; geleceğin mimarları, bürokratları, siyasileri, bakanları ve cumhurbaşkanları sizin içinizden çıkacak. • Hangi görüşten, hayat tarzından, inançtan, bölgeden, kökenden olursa olsun Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin her bir genci bizim için aynı değerdedir, aynı önemdedir.

Türkiye's 🇹🇷 reported move to codify the “Blue Homeland” #MaviVatan doctrine is a major geopolitical development (and IMO social media is oversimplifying it). A few facts: 🔹️A 200-nautical-mile EEZ is standard under international law. 🔹️The real dispute is overlapping claims in the Aegean & Eastern Mediterranean. 🔹️Greece 🇬🇷 says its islands generate full EEZ rights under UNCLOS. 🔹️Türkiye 🇹🇷 rejects that interpretation — and hasn’t signed UNCLOS. 🔹️Cyprus' 🇨🇾 offshore gas exploration is another major flashpoint. Important 👇 This doesn’t mean Türkiye can suddenly “claim the whole sea.” 🌊 Any unilateral declaration would still be heavily disputed internationally. What would most likely happen? 👇 🔸️The EU 🇪🇺 will object diplomatically. 🔸️#NATO will try to avoid taking sides.

Leaders of the @Turkic_States have officially launched the “Center of Turkic Civilization” — a major cultural and research hub dedicated to the shared history, identity, and heritage of Turkic peoples. 🐺🌍 The project aims to unite history, science, tourism, and international cooperation under one roof in the spiritual heart of the Turkic world. The specific part about the design containing symbols such as: 🔸️Tengri 🔸️Ergenekon 🔸️Kökbörü 🔸️Jeryuğ 🔸️the Great Steppe 🔸️the Tree of Life

🚁 Polish inventor Tomasz Patan set out to fulfill his dream of replacing traditional city traffic with airborne commuting. Serial production of the Jetson is now underway, with a price tag of around $148,000. Read more: tiny.pl/5nzcj5k1r

Türkiye has reportedly proposed a $1.2 billion military fuel #pipeline connecting Türkiye 🇹🇷 → Bulgaria 🇧🇬 → Romania 🇷🇴. The project is intended to support NATO fuel logistics on the alliance’s #EasternFlank. The proposal is expected to be discussed ahead of the NATO summit Türkiye plans to host in July. The pipeline would reportedly be for military use 🪖 only, not civilian energy transport. *This is currently a proposal/pitch, not an approved #NATO project.

🇹🇷 (EN/FR) Five days in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara) for the first Belgian trade mission led by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde @MonarchieBe, the largest (428 participants) ever organised in that country. Turkey is our fifth-largest trading partner and we are the eighth-largest investor there. Turkey is undoubtedly a member of the European family. It is a strategic hub for energy matters, an ally within NATO (with the second-largest army after the US) and a key player in the security of Europe’s south-eastern flank. Beyond strengthening our economic cooperation, this mission has helped to bring our political relations closer together. It provided an opportunity for meetings at the highest level: President Erdoğan, Vice-President Yilmaz and numerous ministers, including my counterpart in Foreign Affairs, @HakanFidan, to discuss major international issues (the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine…) as well as our bilateral relations and those with the EU. It was also an opportunity to reiterate that we must diversify our partners and bring the Turkish and European economies closer together, given the immense commercial potential this offers. To this end, the Customs Union deserves to be modernised: we cannot do business in 2026 under a framework signed thirty years ago... it would be paradoxical not to step up our cooperation with our immediate neighbours, at the risk of maintaining a relationship of dependence on geopolitical powers located much further away. We highlighted the strengths of our companies in the port and logistics, biopharmaceuticals and healthcare, energy transition, digitalisation, Industry 5.0, defence and aerospace sectors. This mission also provided an opportunity to discover Turkey’s impressive industrial base, particularly in the defence industry. Around forty new commercial agreements and partnerships were signed, bringing this highly strategic mission to a successful close, during which no issue was left unaddressed. —— Cinq jours en Turquie (Istanbul et Ankara) pour la première mission économique belge sous la conduite de Sa Majesté la Reine Mathilde, la plus grande (428 participants) jamais organisée dans ce pays. La Turquie est notre 5e partenaire commercial et nous y sommes le 8e investisseur. La Turquie, c'est incontestablement un membre de la famille européenne. Hub stratégique pour les questions énergétiques, allié au sein de l’Otan (2e plus grande armée après USA) et pour la sécurité du flanc sud-est européen. Au delà du renforcement de notre coopération économique, cette mission a permis de rapprocher nos relations politiques. Ce fut l’occasion de rencontres au plus haut niveau : le Président Erdoğan, le Vice-Président Yilmaz ainsi que de très nombreux ministres dont mon homologue aux Affaires étrangères Fidan pour un échange sur les grands enjeux internationaux (Moyen-Orient, détroit d'Ormuz, Ukraine…) ainsi que sur nos relations bilatérales et avec l’UE. L’occasion aussi de rappeler que nous devons diversifier nos partenaires et rapprocher les économies turque et européenne au vu de l’immense potentiel commercial que cela offre. À cet effet, l’Union douanière mérite d’être modernisée: on ne fait pas du business en 2026 avec un cadre signé trente ans auparavant... ce serait paradoxal de ne pas intensifier notre coopération avec nos voisins directs, au risque de maintenir des relations de dépendance vis-à-vis de puissances géopolitiques situées bien plus loin. Nous avons mis en avant les atouts de nos entreprises dans les secteurs portuaire et logistique, biopharma et santé, transition énergétique, digitalisation, industrialisation 5.0, défense et aérospatial. Cette mission a également permis de découvrir l’impressionnant tissu industriel turc, notamment dans l’industrie de défense. Environ 40 nouveaux accords commerciaux et partenariats ont été signés, clôturant en beauté cette mission très stratégique, durant laquelle aucune question n’a été éludée. @BelgiumMFA

The Pentagon has reportedly canceled plans to deploy 4,000 U.S. troops to 🇵🇱 Poland, with Congress not yet formally notified. The move raises fresh questions about 🇺🇸 U.S. force posture in Europe amid growing transatlantic tensions over Iran policy and NATO commitments.