Erdogan ruptures military ties between Israel and Turkey

Turkish Drones Idle After Israeli Staff Leaves - Burak Ege Bekdil and Umit Enginsoy (Defense News)
The six Israeli-made Heron UAVs stationed at an air base near Turkey's Iraqi and Iranian borders to aid in the fight against Kurdish separatists have ceased flying since Israeli operators left the base amid Turkish-Israeli tensions.
Turkish personnel were trained in Israel to operate the UAVs, but one military official said that the drones currently were not operational.****The way Israelis left things, operators have to solve randomly-chosen chess problems requiring Mate in Three to open the consoles.( The last good Turkish chess-player was von Kempelen's automaton.)Erdogan is desperately trying to restore relations with Russia.Armenia could help but...****
Turkey received the six Herons in April, and another four are scheduled to be delivered in July.