Preparations are underway for a possible trip by the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Thessaloniki in November or December, as the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul reported, Manolis Kostidis.

Preparations are still at an early stage, as the meetings of the two foreign ministers have not yet taken place Giorgos Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan on September 5 in Ankara as well as the meeting of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in New York.

These two meetings will determine to a large extent how Greek-Turkish relations will move in the next period, however there is already preparation for the Thessaloniki meeting where the Supreme Cooperation Council will take place.

Until then, of course, there is the Gerapetritis-Fidan meeting next Tuesday in Ankara, which will prepare the Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting in New York.

What will happen to the S-400?

At the same time, there are many scenarios for Turkey’s S-400 anti-aircraft systems with CNN Turk wondering “maybe we don’t need the S-400 anymore”.

Mystery covers whether the Russian anti-aircraft systems have been activated and will be used, which brought a major crisis to Turkey’s relations with the US and threw it out of the F-35 co-production and purchase programs.

The anchor of CNN TURK mentioned: “My colleagues have put a good headline, if we have the Siper system maybe we won’t need the S-400.”

Military analyst Abdullah Agar commented: “What I will tell you is that the S-400 is one of the most effective anti-aircraft systems in the world. It’s a system that NATO is struggling to deal with.”

The presenter then asked if the S-400s that Turkey got from Russia had been activated.

Agar replied: “Let the relevant information on the matter be announced by the state, so that we don’t get into a war.” Let’s say one thing, in our hands we have self-propelled anti-aircraft systems that can be activated anywhere.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his government partner, Bakhtceli, with Sweden’s accession to NATO as the main topic on the agenda.

Also, on the menu of the meeting were the relations with the USA and Russia as well as the municipal elections.

Is the IMF coming?

The economic problems facing Turkey are also serious, as the country’s economy is going through difficult times while there are even forecasts for triple digit inflation in 2024.

In fact, there are also scenarios for the arrival of the IMF, which the government denies.