Erdogan is traveling to the occupied territories today for the black anniversary of the invasion, on a direct flight from the United Arab Emirates, which is considered illegal as the occupied territories are not a recognized state.

“This is a path towards the recognition of the ‘TRDBK’,” said Ersin Tatar, as broadcast from Istanbul by SKAI correspondent Manolis Kostidis.

TV network anchor A Haber said: “President Erdogan will take a flight and tomorrow there are also important openings, we are talking about the opening of Ercan Airport (Timbu). President Erdogan will arrive in ‘TRNC’ with a direct flight from the United Arab Emirates. With this flight, an important message will be sent to the world. Is not that right;”.

Tatar said: “Indeed the honorable president had made his first trip to the ‘TRDB’. He was here on June 12th. From here he had traveled directly to Baku. and in fact in his statements he had said that “this is a path that leads to the recognition of the ‘TRDB’ and let it be for the good” and as you said now we are waiting for him to come by direct flight”.

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They closed deals in many areas, energy, defense, artificial intelligence and trade. The Turkish opposition complains that Erdogan is selling off national property.

Worry about equipment

A Turkish wing commander says that “with the request for the F-16s, we are trying to catch up with the Greeks – We suffered huge damage with our withdrawal from the F-35s”.

Wing Commander e.a. Erdogan Karakus said: “In the F-35 program, 11 of our companies participated and they would earn 11 billion dollars. Like the maintenance of many F-35s in the region as well as in Europe could be done here in Eskisehir and from that we would earn 16 billion dollars. By blocking the F-35s we suffered a huge loss. We’re not talking about minor damage. Let us know this. In the matter of the F-16 we are talking about a cost of up to 20 billion dollars, for 40 new F-16 fighters and 79 decontamination kits. They are not few.

“To tell the truth, now we are trying not to fall behind Greece, to manage to defend the agreement we have signed with Libya.”