“There is a great need for the F-16s, since Erdogan has been raising the issue since the first phone call to Biden,” Turkish media reports.

As SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis reports from IstanbulFOX TV host Selcuk Tepeli reports that “we lost the F-35s and now we’re being given Sweden’s condition for the F-16s”:

He said in detail:

“Since the issue of F-16s was raised even in the congratulatory phone call, it means that there is a question of need. As it means that the domestic fighter aircraft which was presented before the elections will be delayed. Sweden was also raised as an exchange issue. It means we also lost the F-35. We are talking about 20 years of effort and 12 billion dollars. That goes too. Then it means that you practiced a very failed diplomacy. The situation is so clear.”

Biden to Erdogan: The West is not fair to you

Meanwhile, according to Hürriyet, Joe Biden told Tayyip Erdogan that “the West is not fair to you.”

At the same time, the newspaper reports that Biden told the Turkish president that “I want to talk to Congress about the F-16s but they are asking for Sweden to join” opening the issue of lifting Turkey’s veto on Sweden joining NATO.

Mitsotakis phone call to Erdogan about his election victory

Besides, Tayyip Erdogan received a congratulatory phone call from Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his re-election with “wishes for the prosperity and progress of the Turkish people”

As the ND president announced via Twitter:

“I congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his re-election as President of Turkey and expressed my best wishes for the progress and prosperity of the Turkish people”

In a statement, the communications director of the Turkish presidency said about the specific phone call:

“Former Prime Minister of Greece and President of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him on his re-election. Congratulating President Erdogan on his electoral success, Mr. Mitsotakis expressed his hope that the election results will be auspicious for the Turkish people.”

Finally, the Turkish media talk about their country’s change of course in Greek-Turkish: “Overnight we will suddenly see a reduction in tension. Instead of military exercises, there will be trainings,” the press reports.