The third drone incident in Turkey in the last week: Ankara launched an investigation

  • Another unknown drone was found in northwest Turkey.
  • The drone was discovered in a field near the town of Balikesir.
  • Similar drone incidents have happened in Turkey three times already this week.

Less than a day after a drone, believed to be of Russian origin, crashed in northwestern Turkey, the country they discovered another drone of unknown originTurkish media reported on Saturday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.

According to several independent TV stations and Cumhuriyet daily the device was found in an empty field near the town of Balikesir. Several media, citing local farmers, reported that the crash probably happened a few days ago.

The Turkish authorities have not yet responded to the latest incident. However, the television stations Halk TV and Haberturk reported that the device has since been transported to Ankara for analysis. This is the third such incident this week. The Turkish Ministry of the Interior said about the second – Friday – incident that Mraccording to initial findings, it is a Russian Orlan-10 drone, which is used for “reconnaissance and surveillance”.

At the same time, the Turkish news agency DHA said that this drone was discovered near the city of Izmit, located approximately 30 kilometers south of the Black Sea coast. Turkish President Recep Tayyip At the same time, Erdogan warned last week that the Black Sea should not become an “area of ​​confrontation” between Russia and Ukraine.

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