[1] At the NATO Lisbon summit in November 2010, a strategic plan was concluded to establish a ballistic missile defense system covering all alliance members.

[4] After signing an agreement on final conditions in September 2011,[3] officials from Turkey and the U.S. determined a site near the town of Kürecik in the Akçadağ district of Malatya Province as feasible.

[8] On October 17, 2023, it is reported that civilians headed in mass to the Kürecik Radar Station to protest an alleged Israeli bombing of Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

[3] The radar station's control was transferred to NATO command in the frame of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA).

Turkey took the responsibility for the external protection of the radar site, which is situated in an isolated region, against sabotage attacks.