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Media: Turkey may purchase Russian Su-57 fighters if the US decides not to supply F-35 aircraft
If the U.S. Senate bans the sale of fifth generation F-35 fighters to Turkey, Ankara may consider buying Russian Su-35S or Su-57 fighters,reported the newspaper Yeni Safak, citing a source.
Turkey is still planning on the June delivery of American F-35 airplanes. Twenty-one of the fighters are scheduled to be delivered to Turkey sometime this summer. The newspaper noted that 13 pilots and 100 technical personnel are receiving training in the U.S.
Nevertheless, Turkey may consider purchasing …
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Russia provides Turkey with retroactive 10.25% discount on gas
Anadolu news agency reports that Turkish President Recep Erdogan has announced that an agreement has been reached with Russia, according to which Moscow will retroactively provide a discount on gas delivered to Turkey in 2015 and 2016.
"After long discussions, an agreement was reached on a 10.25% discount on gas delivered in 2015 and 2016. The difference in payment for these two years, namely $1 billion, will be returned to Turkey," the President said.
Gazprom had canceled discounts on gas …
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Washington: US will keep trying to prevent Turkey from purchasing S-400 missile systems from Russia
The administration of US President Donald Trump continues to make efforts aimed at discouraging Turkey from purchasing S-400 air defense systems from Russia, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last Wednesday, May 23.
"We continue to work to keep Turkey in a place where it doesn’t actually acquire the S-400. I believe that they have not yet [gotten it] and we are hopeful they never take possession," he noted.
One of the congressmen expressed …
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Turkey and Israel expel each other’s diplomats because of the violence in the Gaza Strip
Turkey and Israel each expelled the other country’s high-ranking diplomats on Tuesday because of a dispute over the killing of 60 Palestinians by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip during protests against the moving of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.
According to Reuters, the Turkish leadership ordered Israeli ambassadors to leave the country.
“Turkey was one of the loudest critics of both Israel’s reaction to protests in the Gaza Strip and the moving of the U.S. Embassy. It recalled its …
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Turkey threatens US with sanctions over S-400 missile systems
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu promised that Ankara would take countermeasures against the United States in the event that Washington enacts sanctions against it for the purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems.
This week, the minister intends to visit Washington, where he will discuss U.S. threats to block the delivery of F-35 fighters if Turkey acquires the Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
“We need a way to protect our airspace - urgently. If you are not going to sell them …
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Ankara: Turkey will purchase Russian S-400 missile systems despite the threat of US sanctions
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, stated that Turkey has decided to go ahead with plans to purchase the S-400 Air Defense Systems from Russia despite sanctions imposed by the United States, Radio Liberty reports.
Cavusoglu stressed that the purchase agreement worth 2.5 billion dollars was signed in December and cannot be revised. According to him, Russia is “accelerating the process” of delivering the Russian missile system, as requested by Ankara.
“We have completed the deal for …
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Turkey decides to work together with US in Syria
Turkey will operate together with the United States in Syrian city of Manbij, as stated by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The Foreign Minister also added that Ankara is considering a "lucrative offer" to purchase a Patriot system from the US.
A day earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that Turkey had agreed to cooperate with Italy and France on the purchase of air defense systems and had also discussed the possibility of acquiring similar …
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Erdogan: threat to Turkey in Syria comes from its strategic partners
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on the television channel NTV on Saturday that the threat to Turkey in Syria comes primarily from its strategic partners.
"The U.S. sent 5,000 trucks loaded with weapons to northern Syria. We cannot buy weapons from the US for money, but they and the coalition forces can supply these weapons and ammunition to terrorist groups for free. So, from whom does the threat emerge? Primarily from our strategic partners," the Turkish leader said.
Erdogan …
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Turkey welcomes coalition strikes on Syria
The Turkish government issued an official statement welcoming the operation of the countries of the international coalition in Syria and calling it "a manifestation of the conscience of mankind," reports the agency Anadolu.
Turkey states that the international community had "serious grounds" to accuse the regime of Bashar al-Assad of using chemical weapons against the civilian population.
"The list of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by the regime of Bashar al-Assad during …
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Turkish prime minister urges Putin and Trump to stop 'street fight' over Syria
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım asked the presidents of Russia and the US to stop their “street fight” over Syria, Deutsche Welle reports.
“They are behaving like street ruffians, but who will have to pay for it? The civilian population,” Anadolu cites the prime minister as saying. “What are they doing? They are threatening each other with tweets on Twitter,” the politician emphasized.
Yıldırım warned that “now is not the time for rivalry”. Instead, we must “heal the regional wounds …