Turkey increases defense spending
WASHINGTON, Mar 21 — RIA Novosti. Turkey will increase defense spending in 2017, and thus closer to the goal to allocate 2% of its budget on defense, said Tuesday the Minister of foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu.
“We are working to achieve the goal of allocating 2% on defense spending. In 2017, we will increase our defense budget, as in previous years,” he said, speaking in Washington.