"U.S. Asks to Use Turkish Base as Hub for Flights, Turkey Says
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. requested permission to use an airbase in southern Turkey as a military ``transportation hub'' in the region, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
The Incirlik base, near the southern city of Adana, may be used for the shipment of supplies to U.S. forces in countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said without giving details on the types of equipment and provisions the government will allow to go through the base.
``The U.S. has technical and logistical requirements and their request to use Incirlik is being evaluated,'' Tan told a news conference in the capital, Ankara. "
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