The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet today reports that Biden is waiting for Turkey’s approval of Sweden’s NATO membership first to move the F-16 issue to Congress.

“Members of Congress are waiting to see Ankara’s steps” reports the newspaper, as broadcast from Istanbul by Manolis Kostidis.

Turkish analysts: “The Greeks have Rafale and F-16 BLOCK-70 and the balance in the airwaves has shifted against Turkey”

CNN TURK: “The US plans to give the Greeks the F-35s as well. This is the bitter truth”

Erdoğan Karakus, wing chief e.a. he said: “I’ll explain to you how we got squeezed. Greece has already received 20 fighters. Rafale will receive an additional 4. It has also already modernized 20 F-16 fighters to Block 70 level and they are continuing and will reach to have modernized about 80 fighters.

Yunus Paksoy, CNN Turk’s Washington correspondent, commented: “Along with our F-16s, they will also give him the. F-35”.

Karakus continued: “Now watch what’s happening. So that the Greeks don’t get the F-35, we have to criticize Sweden’s accession to NATO. In other words, the comparison of air power with Greece starts to turn against Turkey. The decision is of the one who has the logic. We want to get the Eurofighters. as even if Congress gives its approval the receipt of F-16s will begin in 3 to 4 years.”

Paksoy: “The US is waiting to reject the Greek F-35s in order to approve them together with the F-16s. of Turkey. That is, if we agree with the USA, we will get the F-16 and the Greeks will get the F-35. This is the bitter truth”.

Fidan: Two states in Cyprus

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke about a two-state solution in Cyprus: A two-state solution in Cyprus. We are trying to get the recognition of “TRDBK”.

“Constructive dialogue with Greece. Rights of expatriates in western Thrace, but also in Dodecanese”

Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, said: “In our national case, in the Cyprus issue, our ultimate goal is to have a just, permanent and sustainable solution based on the realities on the island. If there is no equal sovereign status of both sides, it is not possible to conduct negotiations between them. We will continue our work with determination for the recognition of the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ and the development of its relations with other countries.

With our neighboring country Greece, we want to advance our relations with honest and constructive dialogue, based on a positive agenda. The last visit of our president showed our emphasis on this mentality. We continue at every opportunity to defend the rights of our expatriates living in Western Thrace and the Dodecanese.”

Attack on the USA

He also said that “it is a strategic mistake for the US to support a terrorist organization” referring to the PKK.

“We will continue to say mainly to the US but also to all our interlocutors that it is a strategic mistake to support the PKK-YPG terrorist organization under the guise of fighting the Islamic State. We continue the actions of the fight against the PKK and its offshoots in northern Iraq and we do not hesitate to apply all the necessary measures,” said Fidan.