The Russian Foreign Minister has been in Antalya since last night Sergey Lavrovinvited to a diplomatic forum.

Mr. Lavrov will have meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his counterpart, Hakan Fidan, as reported by Manolis Kostidis from Antalya.

Turkey has long expected a visit from the Russian president, but instead Lavrov is visiting Russia, who will hold contacts and speak at the diplomatic forum.

Erdogan: Our economy is breaking records

“Our economy is breaking records. We have a GDP of 1.1 trillion. dollars” said Erdoğan stressing that Turkey developed at a higher rate than the EU countries.

“Last year, despite the earthquakes and other problems, the Turkish economy grew by 4.5% and thus we put our signature on a great success. Where is the economy going wrong? Here you go. With this given, our economy has managed to grow in the last 13 quarters. With this percentage, we are the country with the highest growth rate among the EU countries. Do you know how much our Gross National Product is? 1 trillion 119 billion dollars, so it crossed the threshold of one trillion. dollars. You in the opposition … said that there is a problem, there is a fire in the economy. What happened;” said the Turkish president.

Erdogan: “France supports terrorism”

Reaction of the president of Turkey for supporting the Kurds of Syria

“France has almost become the biggest supporter of terrorism. He made it; He did not make it. What did we do? We buried and destroyed all Lafarge shelters in northern Syria. We’re not stopping!” Erdogan said.

Turkey is pushing for F-16 co-production

He wants to speed up production processes. Ankara is also trying for Eurofighter

NTV television station: “Turkey has a request for the F-16 modernization program as well as for the purchase of fighters. In order for both programs to proceed more quickly, Turkey requested that both the modernization and the production of the fighters be done in Turkey. The sources of the Ministry of Defense state that the request exists. But the important thing is that the letter of acceptance of Turkey’s acceptance request for the. F-16. Everything will be examined by the competent authorities. But let’s say that Ankara is still trying for the intermediate solution and this is it. Eurofighter. The sources in the Ministry of Defense recall the visit of Defense Minister Yasar Güler and state that Turkey is still waiting for Germany’s approval regarding the Eurofighter joint venture.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov is in Antalya

Meeting with Erdogan and Fidan in the context of a diplomatic forum

Turkish analysts: “Greece will get F-35s in 2030”

“KAAN will be the answer to this to bring balance to the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean”

Erai Gützüler, president of the ASAM Research Center: “The F-35s in Greece will be delivered around 2030. While our Kaan will be ready around 2027 or 2028 and initially two squadrons will be delivered. The Kaan will be superior to the F-35, it will be 5th generation and maybe 5+ and in this way the military balances will continue to remain in favor of Turkey in the Aegean and the Southern Mediterranean. Then the infrastructure of this will be built by the F- 16 as well as the weapons systems that accompany them and are granted by the USA”.