Will Turkey acquire advanced F-16 fighter jets after NATO Summit?

In an unexpected reversal, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a major announcement, expressing his willingness to withdraw his veto on Sweden's NATO membership, forgetting his demands for a European Union membership that he had expressed a few hours earlier. This development theoretically opened the door for a possible transfer of advanced F-16 fighter jets…

July 12, 20230Comments

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Biden is a “Charlatan”: Turkey forgot US assistance during earthquake

In another funny development from Turkey, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu apparently forgot his courtesies and kindness to the US when asking for earthquake aid and called US President Joe Biden a "charlatan" on April 24 for the latter's statement on the Armenian genocide. He also allegedly forgot that not even a month has…

April 26, 20230Comments

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Ukrainian Pilot: “The Russians are setting traps – We want F-16’s”

One of Ukraine's top pilots has revealed that Russia is setting elaborate "traps" for Ukrainian fighter jets. Major General Vadim Voroshilov pleaded with the West to send F-16 fighter jets, saying it is becoming more and more difficult every day to hold back the Russians with antiquated Soviet aircraft. More Specifically, Major General Voroshilov warned…

April 4, 20230Comments

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Cavusoglu strongly annoyed about the Turkish F-16s and the US

The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, gave an interview to the Turkish television channel TRT, in which he spoke, among other things, about the F-16s that Turkey wants to buy from the US and once again questioned the sovereignty of the Aegean islands. "We want to buy from our allies. Of course, we made an…

July 22, 20220Comments

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Kilicdaroglu’s admission: “From the F-35s, we now beg for the F-16s”

The head of the Turkish opposition CHP party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, while blaming Turkish President Erdogan, essentially admitted that Turkey has been left unarmed. Kilicdaroglu even mentioned in his statements that since Turkey was ready to receive the already paid F-35s that it had agreed with the US, it is now asking for F-16s and those…

July 17, 20220Comments

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The USA will train Ukrainian pilots in the F-15 and F-16

Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, confirmed on Friday that the United States may provide training to Ukrainian pilots in the F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. According to a post by Yermak on Telegram, the United States House of Representatives has approved an amendment to be added to the budget of the United…

July 16, 20220Comments

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The Greek lobby is a nightmare for Turkey – The Turkish media see it as a “scandal”

Turkish newspapers are in an uproar after the successful passage of the amendment blocking Turkey's F-16 modernization program, and they now seem to understand the gravity of the situation for them. The Turkish newspaper Sabah described the amendment that passed the House of Representatives of the United States of America and the resolution as scandalous…

July 15, 20220Comments

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Amendment banning F-16 sale to Turkey passed: Another step before becoming US law

The amendment that aims to prevent the sale and upgrade of Turkish F-16s has been passed by the plenary session of the US House of Representatives, putting in place a series of conditions that Turkey cannot fulfill, effectively completely prohibiting the sale of fighters. Photo by Nebil; Turkish Air Force Specifically, despite the intense Turkish pressure…

July 15, 20220Comments

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Menendez calls for the total lifting of the US arms embargo on Cyprus

When it comes to the request for the acquisition of new F-16s by Turkey, Senator Bob Menendez, who is also the chairman of the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, voiced his opposition once more. Menendez said that the committee "is the one that decides on arms sales and I find it very difficult…

June 1, 20220Comments

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Turks are enraged by a Forbes article about Greek F-35s

There is a lot of anger in Turkey as a result of an article in Forbes that talks about how Athens will achieve air superiority over Ankara with a squadron of Greek F-35s. According to an article published in the American publication Forbes, the recent announcement by Greece that it will purchase F-35 fighter jets…

May 30, 20220Comments

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