Haluk Bayraktar, general manager at Baykar, also confirmed the contract, saying that Romania, “which has long-standing friendship and strong ties based on mutual trust,” has joined the list of countries that have taken the high-tech Bayraktar TB2 UCAV into its inventory.

“As Baykar, we are proud of exporting to 2 EU member countries and 3 NATO member countries together with Romania,”

Bayraktar tweet

In September last year, we announced Romania’s intention to buy 18 drones at around $300 million.

The price of Bayraktar TB2 drones varies depending on the equipment, starting from $1 million to $5 million, according to open sources specializing in defense products.

The Bayraktar TB2 has a reputation as being the best in its class in the world based on its technical features and the operations it has been used in, entering the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in 2014.

They are currently actively used by the Ukrainian army for defense purposes in the ongoing war with Russia, which is important in destroying Russian military gear from howitzers and tanks to air defense systems and marine platforms.

After receiving them, Romania will be the second European Union nation, following Poland, to utilize TB2s and the third European NATO member state to acquire these drones, aside from Türkiye.

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The Romanian Ministry of Defense says that the 18 drones are included in the $300 million anticipated value along with the first logistical support package and specific training equipment.

The Bayraktar TB2 is a Turkish attack drone. This type of drone is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle with a medium altitude and long endurance that can fly autonomously or under remote control.

The Bayraktar TB2 is the exact aerial vehicle successfully used in combat by Ukraine against Russia-backed separatists in 2021. It proved to be highly effective and had significant achievements during military conflicts.

The cost of Bayraktar TB2 drones varies based on the equipment, starting at one million dollars and going up to five million dollars. Still, according to Bayrak’s official site, the price of a single TB2 unit can reach USD 5 million, about one-sixth the cost of the U.S. built Reaper UAV.

The purpose of acquiring these drones is to implement the Capability Targets assigned to Romania within the NATO defence planning process and to contribute to the achievement of the Program’s objectives regarding the transformation of the Romanian Army until the year 2040.

Photo source: Bayrak Facebook

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The Prime Minister addressed the Ukrainian conflict, condemning the illegal, unprovoked, and unacceptable actions on the ground. The Prime Minister also made a direct link between the situation in the Black Sea and the need for NATO to include the Black Sea as a strategic interest region in the future Strategic Concept. The framework for energy cooperation was also discussed, as was Turkey’s role in transiting necessary amounts of gas to Romania, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine via the Turkish transport system.
The bilateral agenda, economic and trade dimensions, military cooperation, and defence industry cooperation were discussed.

Minister Hulusi Akar was also welcomed at the Cotroceni Palace during his visit to Romania, where he met with President Klaus Iohannis.

The importance of this official meeting consists in strengthening the external relationship with Turkey, especially during these times of unstable regional security.

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Statistics show that the top foreign nation to be treated and cured at Anadolu Medical Center is Romanian, by the number of patients welcomed within the center’s modern facilities. In other words, the clinic’s specialists help thousands of Romanians cure themselves of cancer or better fight against this disease.

The second language spoken at Anadolu Medical Center, after Turkish, is Romanian. The bond between the doctors and Romania is a very tight one. Therefore, on December 1st, medical and support personnel from the center wore traditional Romanian clothing: the Romanian blouse.

It is how the staff of Anadolu Medical Center decided to honor Romania and its citizens on the National Day. It is just a part of the close connection between the two nations, which lasts in time.

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In Romania, cancer is the second leading cause of death after cardiovascular disease. This situation also emerges from the statistics of one of the most appreciated oncology clinics: Anadolu Medical Center in Turkey.

How many Romanians have chosen to be treated for cancer at Anadolu Medical Center in Istanbul?

In 2020, according to Anadolu Medical Center, 19% of all foreign patients were Romanian, the highest percentage of patients of a nationality other than Turkish. Next, there are patients from Bulgaria and Russia.
This is proof that Romanians trust the professionalism of the specialists from Anadolu Medical Center, a strategic partner of Johns Hopkins Medicine, which is a world leader in cancer treatment, but also it is a proof of the good image that the clinic enjoys among Romanians.

Why did the Romanians choose to be treated in Istanbul, within the Anadolu Medical Center, instead of being treated at any other clinic abroad?

Their answers include reasons such as the professionalism of the Turkish doctors, the way the patient is received and treated at the center, but also the revolutionary technologies used in cancer treatment, including Cyberknife M6, which provides millimeter accuracy in radiotherapy, or Da Vinci, the most the world’s most advanced robotic surgery system.
Romanians benefited from 28% of the total of chemotherapy treatments applied at Anadolu Medical Center to foreign patients in 2020. Among the types of cancer that the clinic specialists treated among Romanian patients are breast cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer and breast cancer, prostate, which are among the most common types of cancer in Romania.

Statistics show that in both sexes, the types of cancer that cause the most deaths are lung cancer (18%), followed by colorectal cancer (9.4%), liver cancer (8.3%), stomach cancer (7%) and breast cancer (6.9%).

Among men, the three most lethal types of cancer are lung cancer (21.5%), liver cancer (10.4%) and colorectal cancer (9.3%), while among women, the most lethal types of cancer are breast cancer(15.5%), lung cancer (13.7%) and colorectal cancer (9.5%).

Treatment at Anadolu Medical Center in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Anadolu Medical Center is a safe place in the current international pandemic context. All measures are taken at the clinic to prevent infection with the new coronavirus.

“The safety of our patients is a priority and that is why Anadolu Medical Center is constantly taking measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections. At the same time, remote consultations, through videoconferencing platforms, played an important role for patients who could not reach our hospital during this period and helped both our doctors to follow the evolution of treatments, but also our patients in benefit from a support as close as possible to the one in the clinic. Anadolu Medical Center always adopts new and innovative treatments, for this reason we assure patients in Romania and around the world that they will receive the best treatments that have proven benefits in oncological diseases.” said Dr. Inge Aivas, medical manager at Anadolu Medical Center.

About Anadolu Medical Center

Anadolu Medical Center was established by the Anadolu Foundation in 2005 and has two major characteristics: its non-profit status and its unique affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine USA, recognized worldwide.
Anadolu Medical Center treats patients in a complex and modern way, providing medical services at an international standard to improve the quality of life.
Currently, Anadolu Medical Center welcomes patients from over 65 countries worldwide. Anadolu Medical Center allows patients to feel welcomed in a foreign country.

Anadolu Medical Center Oncology Center has been established as one of the most technologically Advanced Cancer Centers in the world. Currently, Anadolu Medical Center welcomes patients from over 65 countries worldwide.

If you want a second opinion, but also more details related to the types of treatment that patients can benefit from within the Anadolu Medical Center, you can access the official website: https://www.anadolumedicalcenter.ro or you can call at 0799 499 911.

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Now, the things have changed: the last game brought a defeat for Gaziantep, but also a racist incident: Sumudica was called “gypsy” on Turkish TV by one of the famous Turkish football specialists, Erman Toroglu. The insult came after Sumudica asked for a prolonging of his contract, which expires this summer, but instead he was counter-offered with a diminishing of his salary with 10%.

This trainer is such a poser, he’s always faking it and acting all the time! I have never seen such a thing before, where is he coming from? He behaves like a gypsy, he is a gypsy! How do you want me to call him, a beggar?

Erman Toroglu on Turkish TV about Marius Sumudica, Gaziantep’s coach

The incident comes just a month after another one involving Romanians and Turkish: Sebastian Coltescu, the 4th Romanian referee delegated to the UCL match in Paris between PSG and İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. used the Romanian expression ‘the black one’ when pointing out Pierre Webo, the assistant coach of Turkish team, to the main referee, Ovidiu Hategan.

Racism is not allowed in football and UEFA is rolling out a visible campaign to fight against racism in football and elsewhere, called No To Racism. Investigations are expected to be conducted by the Turkish Football Federation, but also by UEFA, especially because a month ago the very Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, published a post on Twitter showing his contempt for the way the Romanian referee named the Turkish team’s assistant coach.

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On the other hand, Romania had previously discovered, on its side of the shore, an important natural gas deposit as well. Romania announced the deposit stores under Black Sea around 200 billion cubic meters, enough for doubling the internal production for the next years, growing it to around 20 billion cubic meters per year.

The two deposits are neighboring and this is why on the the Romanian officials, the ex-minister of Energy Razvan Nicolescu, expressed an interesting opinion:

Romania could use the Turkish infrastructure for exploiting the natural gas deposit under the Black Sea.

Razvan Nicolescu, ex-minister of Energy

Whether the theory is plausible or not, if the two countries could decide to cooperate for mutual benefit, there is one more impediment: Romania has encountered some issues for exploiting its natural gas deposit so far. The Austrian OMV and the American EXXON have the licence to exploit the Romanian Black Sea natural gas deposit. Still, the American company has announced it wants to sell its participation, while OMV has continuously postponed the starting of the exploitation because of the Romanian legislation changes.

The future will tell if the two countries will decide to cooperate, at least partially, for exploiting the two deposits.

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It is very frustrating for a manager, an entrepreneur or a travel consultant to see the aversion we have for the Romanian seaside. It has been a trend for a very long time. Other destinations, such as Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, pay huge sums of money to the Romanian press specialized in seaside travel and to the Romanian general press to write good things about them and to denigrate the Romanian seaside. I have noticed the intensive campaign against the Romanian seaside.

Anca Nedea, according to News.ro

Mamaia and Constanta seaside resorts are notorious in Romania for their expensive prices for accommodation and for entertainment. This is why Romanians started to look for seaside resorts in other countries, mostly in the neighboring Bulgaria, but also Greece and Turkey.

On the other hand, travel consultants show that one cannot compare Mamaia to Halkidiki or other medium or low budget resorts, as they are often compared, because Mamaia is a high end seaside resort. Therefore, they say Romanian Mamaia should be compared to other luxury seaside resorts from abroad.

In 2019 alone, 1.2 million tourists were accommodated on the Romanian seaside, most of them Romanian.

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At the moment only two countries are in pole-position to be officially invited for accession, but they can’t compare in terms of economic or military power with the United Kingdom: Albania and Northern Macedonia. Yet, both still have to fulfill lots of additional pre-accession conditions in order to be accepted in the EU.

Turkey began the negotiations for the integration in 2005, but EU decided to stop the process after president Erdogan began the political cleansing inside the country, following the failed coup against him in July 2016. Now the EP Turkey rapporteur, Nacho Sánchez Amor, comes with a new narrative: “We need to keep the Turkish EU accession process on track.“

Why has the EU decided to change its rhetoric regarding Turkey’s integration? The reasons have demographic, economic and military grounds. Turkey has a population of over 80 million inhabitants, a GDP of over 850 billion USD and the second army from NATO in terms of military power.

Is Turkey going to be welcomed to the European Union? This moment will definitely come, sooner or later, but one thing is certain: after Brexit, both UK and EU will become weaker than before and will look for fresh allies and partners.

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