Erdoğan: We are focused on purchasing F-16 rather than F-35
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Our current plan and program is focused on the F-16 rather than the F-35. In our meetings with the senators who came to us, both in the congress and the senate, we focused on what steps we would take with the F-16s right now." "We talked about these," he said.
According to TRT, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan answered journalists' questions in front of the party headquarters after the AK Party Extended Provincial Election Affairs Heads Meeting. Erdoğan said, "Is there a timetable for the US's F-16 delivery? You also met with US senators. Will these meetings open the door for Turkey's return to the F-35 project?" On the question, he said: "Our current plan and program is focused on the F-16 rather than the F-35. In our meetings with both the Congress and the Senate and senators, we discussed what steps we would take regarding the F-16. We insist on this issue in the meetings our friends have with their interlocutors. "We are followers." In response to the phone call he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the question regarding the date of Putin's possible visit to Turkey, President Erdoğan said, "It is not a visit in the short term at the moment, but he will make this visit without delay. He expressed his satisfaction with Turkey's attitude on the international platform." "He told me insistently. He expressed his satisfaction in favor of the determined continuation of these relations between us." said.
