The ruling class of the United States is set to proceed with a $23 billion sale of F-16 warplanes, missiles, and bombs to Turkiye following Ankara’s acceptance of Sweden’s NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) bid.
ANKARA Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday beat his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a presidential runoff to begin his third term in office.
Relations between Turkiye and the US faltered after Ankara accused Washington of trying to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a coup in 2016. Earlier this month, Erdogan blasted the US ambassador to Turkiye and said his office’s doors were “closed to him” after the envoy met with a senior opposition leader ahead of the May 14 election.
ANKARA: US President Joe Biden’s administration was expected to give the green light for the long-awaited sale of defense modernization kits to Turkiye ahead of key Turkish elections on May 14. The package, which Turkiye had requested in October 2021 for its existing F-16 aircraft fleet, will include radars and avionics software upgrades, Reuters reported. The process had