“We are building ships and moving forward with Barbarossa as a guide,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that “whoever dominates the seas also dominates the world.”

As Manolis Kostidis reports from Istanbul, Erdogan said: “In a single ceremony that we attended at the shipyard Yalova Sefine we experienced the anxiety and joy of handing over ships to our Navy. We delivered the second largest ship TCG Derya, the frigate TCG Istanbul which we built with national resources as well as the weapons integrated in this ship, support ship TCG Arif Ekmekci, the first unmanned ship that has electronic capabilities Marlin Sida ship. We proceed guided by Barbarossa’s saying that ‘he who dominates the seas also dominates the world. I hope that the ships and weapons that we have transferred to our credit will be beneficial to our navy and I congratulate those who have contributed to these projects.”

Erdogan on the F-16 purchase

“We are satisfied about the F-16s. Our defense industry will grow more”

Erdogan: “We are satisfied with the positive outcome of our request for the F-16s that we had from the USA. After the lifting of sanctions against our country, the Turkish defense industry will develop even more.”

Turkish media: “Turkey will receive the first F-16 will receive it in 4 years”

“Negotiations with the company will begin and that takes time”

NTV television network: “According to sources in the Turkish Defense Ministry, the phase of receiving the letters of acceptance of the request for the F-16s and the offer is now beginning. and later the process of determining the dates will take place. That is, after all this, the process of selling the F-16 will officially begin. This is how the details of the agreement between the officials of the Turkish Air Force and Lockheed Martin will be set. This will determine the delivery date and the cost which was set at 23 billion dollars. According to NTV information, the first F-16 delivery is expected to take place in 4 years from now.”

Turkey is modernizing M-60 tanks

They are changing electronic and fire control systems with the support of Turkish companies

Haberturk TV report: “The first M-60 tanks were delivered which were modernized with the program of the Directorate of Defense Industry. The president of the Directorate emphasized that the percentage of domestic participation in Turkey’s defense programs has increased. The M-60 tanks. which are known for their firepower and control systems, were modernized and already the first batch of them was delivered to the Turkish armed forces. A ceremony was held for the delivery of the two M-60s which were upgraded to M-60 T as their systems were upgraded.”