Erdogan is traveling today Friday to Berlin, where he will have a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

It is a difficult journey, comments Manolis Kostidis, because there are differences and mainly the tension between Turkey and Israel, which puts Berlin in a difficult position.

The Turkish president will not stay on Saturday, as originally planned, he will probably leave on Friday night, while it is considered doubtful if there will be a joint press conference with Olaf Soltz.

Erdogan claims the Eurofighters from Germany, but in his suitcase he also has the possible purchase of 355 Airbus for Turkish Airlines.

The Turkish president will see the German president at 4 pm (Greece time) and at 7 pm (Greece time) he will see Olaf Soltz.

Israel attacked and destroyed the monument that was a symbol of Turkish-Palestinian friendship for the Mavi Marmara ship

Turkish media: Israel’s message to Turkey – They did it after Erdogan’s speech”

Mehmet Akif Ersoid, HABERTURK presenter: “Hamas had decided to build this monument for the victims of the Mavi Marmara ship. It was one of the most visited places. It was an important symbol for the Blue Marble. Israel knew this. This monument was there as a symbol of the brotherhood of the Turkish and Palestinian people. Now the Mavi Marmara monument no longer exists.”

Buy Eurofighter

Turkey wants to buy 40 Eurofighters from Britain and Spain, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler says, while ruling out a future F-35 purchase.

“I am not in favor of buying the F-35. There is an alternative debate in the US about whether we should switch to another aircraft. We want to buy the Eurofighter, a very efficient aircraft, but Germany has objections. The UK and Spain say ‘we’ll sort it out’.
We plan to buy 40 Eurofighter fighter jets from the UK and Spain.”

Ankara: “We will push the S-400 button, we will not leave them in a corner of a factory”

Turkey insists on the use of the Russian anti-aircraft system: “The S-400 is not a washing machine to be used everywhere”

“We cannot have taken the S-400s and left them in a corner of a factory. When we need them, we will push the button,” Guler said.

“Then why aren’t you using the S-400s?” asked Veli Agbaba, a lawmaker from the Republican People’s Party.

“Where should we use it? What are these systems? Washing machine;” Guler replied.

Turkish official to Bloomberg: “Erdogan wants 20 Eurofighters to respond to Greece’s Rafale fighters”.

“Erdogan is expected to request at least 20 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft with the possibility of doubling that total,” Turkish officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in connection with the meeting in advance. Turkey wants to secure a deal to counter its acquisition of Rafale fighter jets to compete with Greece, they said, Bloomberg wrote.

Analysts: “Turkey with the Eurofighter sends a message about the delay of the F-16s”

Erdoğan Karakus, retired wing chief: “Eurofighters are comparable to F-16s. As you know we planned to buy 40 F-16s and an additional 80 upgrade kits. We will take them in their place. Essentially, we are telling the US that they are too late for this and we will do what we have to do.”

Hade Firat, journalist: “So if you don’t give us the F-16s then we will go get the Eurofighters. In other words, it is not the issue of the F-35 that Minister Guler mentioned, but the delay of the F-16”.