The provocative tactic of the last few days is followed by Turkey, which talks about harassment of Turkish fighters from Greece. According to SKAI’s correspondent in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis, Turkish Defense Ministry sources claimed that on August 23, Turkish aircraft were harassed by Greece’s Russian-made S-300 air defense system located in Crete. According to the […]
Tag: f-16
Turkey says it will not buy F-16s from the US if conditions are imposed
Turkey will not buy F-16 fighter jets from the US if restrictions on their use are imposed, the country’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. It is noted that the US House proposed in July to allow President Joe Biden to sell upgraded F-16s to Turkey on the condition that Ankara […]
Akar: Negotiations next week in the US on the F-16 purchase
A Turkish delegation will travel next Monday to the US for new negotiations regarding the purchase of F-16 fighter jets, the Turkish Defense Minister announced today. “Talks on the acquisition of F-16s are continuing. (…) We have a meeting on August 15: we have been invited to the United States,” Hulusi Akar said during a […]
Cavusoglu for F-16: ‘Negotiations with USA are going well’ – New attack on Greece for ‘Turkish minority’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu addressed Turkey’s discussions with the US on the F-16 in new statements on Wednesday, claiming that they are going well and that the negative atmosphere that existed in Congress in past years has disappeared. “The F-16 negotiations are going well. The (US) government’s approach is very positive,” the Turkish foreign […]
Erdogan repeats the ‘Mitsotakis yoke’ and threatens the status of the islands: ‘He will find out’
New challenges from the president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who attacked from the stage of the state TRT, during his interview, against Greece and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: “We had dinner with Mitsotakis in Turkey. At that dinner, I told him: ‘Let’s not bring a third country between us from now on.’ Three weeks […]
Babatjan v US: ‘They say they will give us F-16s but they won’t fly in the Aegean – Is this sovereignty?’
“Fire” against Washington by Ali Babacan, who, commenting on the US’s refusal to include Turkey in the F-35 program, characteristically asked “where are the F-35 fighter jets for which we are partners, for which we paid billion dollars?” As SKAI reported, the chairman of the Turkish DEVA party continued to lash out against the US: […]
Tsavousoglou: ‘What do you mean Greek airspace?’ – He disputes Greece’s ownership of islands and islets
Mevlut Cavusoglu made new provocative statements about the national airspace and the Greek islands of the Aegean, speaking to the state-owned TRT Haber. The Turkish foreign minister referred to the upgrade of Turkish F-16s by the US and did not hesitate to state that Turkey will continue to violate Greece’s airspace, using the excuse that […]
Erdogan’s threat to Biden about the F-16s: ‘Mid-term elections are coming’ – Non-binding condition for Greece
A question concerning the United States and the sale of F-16 fighters was received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from invited journalists on the return plane from Tehran, where he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as well as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Erdogan simply chose to […]
Akar: Hope Biden Doesn’t Play Congressman ‘Game’ on F-16s
Ankara hopes Washington will not play the “game” of some US lawmakers who oppose a potential sale of F-16 fighter jets, Turkey’s defense minister said after the House of Representatives approved a bill that creates a new barrier to any purchase of fighters from Turkey, reports the Reuters agency in a telegram. Turkey has sought […]
Turkish analysts: US gives F-35 to Greece and finds it difficult to give us F-16
The armament upgrade of Greece – with the acquisition of the French Rafale, the upgrade of the F-16s and the acquisition of the F-35s – is the issue that concerns analysts in Turkey again, after the shock caused by the recent decision of the American Congress . As reported by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul, […]