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# Turkey and South Korea miss EU deadline to join SAFE defence loan fund
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-30-turkey-south-korea-miss-safe-deadline/
- Published: 2025-11-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:03:22.000Z
- Description: Turkey and South Korea missed the European Commission's 30 November deadline to finalise the agreements needed for third country access to the EUR 150 billion SAFE defence loan fund, their applications still under review.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Policy and law, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Greek City Times, 29 November 2025](https://greekcitytimes.com/2025/11/29/turkey-miss-eu-safe-defense-mechanism-deadline/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that Turkey's application is permanently rejected, only that it was not resolved by the deadline.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)