“The US Congress is saying, ‘I’m going to give you F-16s, but you’re not going to fly them into the Aegean, you’re not going to fly them into areas that are disputed with the Greeks.’ Is this dominance? Is this what being an independent country is?” said the DEVA party president
The president of the Turkish DEVA party fired “shots” at everyone Ali Babajancommenting on the US refusal to join their program F-35 Turkey, as well as the involvement in the sale of F-16s, as reported by the SKAI correspondent in Istanbul Manolis Kostidis.
“They have ruined our reputation in the world. As your friend who served as T/Minister for European Union and Foreign Affairs, my heart burns. I ask, where are the F-35 fighter jets that we are partners for, that we paid billions of dollars for? We were one of the 4 partners who owned the technology. We spent billions of dollars during our tenure. They couldn’t bring in the planes we took ownership of.”Ali Babacan initially reported and continued:
“The US Congress is saying, ‘I’m going to give you F-16s, but you’re not going to fly them into the Aegean, you’re not going to fly them into areas that are disputed with the Greeks.’ Is this dominance? Is this being an independent country? Didn’t we build an F-16 factory in Turkey? This country produced F-16 fighter jets in the 1990s. Today they are asking America for F-16s. And America wants a promise that they won’t throw them into the Aegean before it gives them”.
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