Forced reduction of the F-16 purchase program from Turkey revealed a Bloomberg report.

The Turkish president was asked about this yesterday Erdogan stated that he raised the issue with the American president and said that Mr Joe Biden promised him that he would solve the issue “within 3-4 weeks”, as reported by Manolis Kostidis

Journalist: “Today in Bloomberg we read the news that the market size of F-16 and how some parts will be produced locally and domestically, why was this decision made and what does this mean?”

Erdogan: “Mainly last night, but also today, I discussed this issue with Mr. Biden, and he told me that ‘if this happens, I will solve this issue.’ Today before his departure I reminded him about this issue and he told me that he will resolve the issue within 3-4 weeks. There were also various observations between us. The issue of spare parts is one of those we are discussing. So I, as a fresh news, convey to you the answer that Mr. Biden gave me.”

Erdogan: “Germany is not giving us the SIEMENS turbines for the nuclear power plant”

“Soltz and I talked about the engines we want to buy for our frigates and corvettes”

Erdogan said: “In the meeting with Mr. Soltz, we mentioned the Eurofighter-Typhoon issue. We also looked to see what we could buy from Germany, as in our steps for engines for our frigates and corvettes from MTU, MANN, Mercedes. But also the issue of items that are delayed at customs, such as that of Siemens regarding Akkuyu (nuclear plant), which is a big step for us. But the most important part of Akkuyu has to do with our relations with Siemens, there is the matter of the turbines that Siemens has to send us. At the moment these turbines are delayed in German customs and we told him that too. We want to buy the engines as well as the turbines. We want to take steps, to overcome the problem with Mr. Chancellor, our meeting on these issues was good”.

Erdogan on Eurofighter: “We talked to Soltz, he didn’t have a negative approach”

“We are continuing the talks, I hope the result will be positive”

Erdoğan: “The issue of the Eurofighter was raised and Solz did not have a negative approach to this issue. We saw that a good path is being taken towards a positive approach for the continuation of the talks. We saw this in the meeting between our defense minister and his German counterpart. There are positive developments on both the German and the British side, we will monitor it and I hope the result will be positive”.