The Turkish media express their displeasure that in a period of tense Greek-Turkish relations, the Americans are proceeding with a joint exercise with F-35s which they are not giving to Turkey, as SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reports.
Her annoyance Ankara reflect the reports of the Turkish media about the large, joint military exercise between Greece and the USA “POSEIDON’S RAGE 22”, in its wider area Crete. The exercise involves 10 F-35 fighters and 14 F-15 fighters.
The Turkish media express dissatisfaction that in a period of tense Greek-Turkish relations, the Americans proceed to a joint exercise with F-35 which they do not give to Turkey, as SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reports.
In fact, even the name of the exercise was commented negatively on Haber Global TV “Wrath of Poseidon”, as according to their reasoning, Poseidon was the ruler of the seas.
“The US takes off the Greek air force with the F-35s that they didn’t give us”, “they go and take off the F-16s and F-35s in the Aegean in an exercise called “the wrath of Poseidon” .And the name is special as Poseidon was the ruler of the seas”, comments n Sagnior Tezel presenter of HAVER GLOBAL.
CNN TURK: Greek and Greek Cypriot lobbies block F-16 sale
At a time when everything shows that it will be difficult for Turkey to overcome the scope of the American Congress to be able to buy F-16 fighters and upgrade the existing ones, it is easier for Turkey to blame the… lobby of Greeks and Greek Cypriots in the USA.
“The Greek and Greek Cypriot lobbies in the US stepped up their efforts to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey and released a video titled “No to the sale of F-16s to Turkey.” Their only goal is to block the sale of F-16s to Turkey. And this is a video that tries to tarnish the image of our country. The Greek and Greek Cypriot lobbies have been making propaganda as their only goal is to prevent the sale of these fighters,” CNN Turk reported.
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