**Fahrettin Altun, President Erdogan’s senior adviser, responds to remarks that Turkey could send S-400s to Ukraine to repair US-Turkish relations**
A senior advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the US should readmit Ankara to a joint F-35 fighter jet programme and deliver Patriot missile defence systems to the country “without conditions”, amid calls for Turkey to send S-400s to Ukraine.
Fahrettin Altun, the Turkish president’s communications director, wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: “What the West must do is deliver the F-35 fighter jets and Patriot batteries to Turkey without preconditions.”
The article was in response to another opinion piece that suggested Turkey should send Ukraine the Russian-made S-400 missile defence system, which would “repair the relationship between the US and Turkey” and pave the way for Ankara to rejoin the F-35 programme and obtain the Patriot systems.
Altun said that while such a deal was “quite unrealistic today, this idea presents an opportunity to discuss the problems Turkey has experienced lately with the West”.
“Turkey, which views European Union membership as a strategic objective and takes pride in its Nato membership, expects to be treated by the West as it deserves. It would take confidence-building measures, not so-called informal proposals, to repair the relationship.”
Washington imposed sanctions on Turkish officials in 2020 under a US law that bars significant military transactions with Russia due to its initial deal to receive the first S-400 system.
Turkey was also removed from the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet programme by the Pentagon in 2019 due to concerns over possible Russian espionage through potential backdoor surveillance in the S-400 system.
Why does Turkey need all of these military assets? They surely don’t plan to destabilise their middle Eastern neighbours further or pulling a Putin to Greece, right?
Not going to happen. I am Turkish and i live in Europe, whenever people learn that i am Turkish , they treat me worse than they would treat a terrorist.
Turkey has no place in west or the EU, it is time for Turks to turn to East (China).
It’s time for all Turks to accept that we are not European, Christian or White.
Turkish Military growing rapidly more and more powerful
if those 110 F-35 was delivered to us
i can’t even imagine the strike capabilities we would have
We would be too strong, which is bad for American interests in the region
least deluded AKP politician
Let’s be honest, Turkey is probably the least possible target to be attacked in Europe 🙂
– They are in NATO
– They have a big army
– They try not to provoke Russia too much.
So no idea why they would feel that they need this stuff as fast as possible. There is like half a dozen of other targets that really could be attacked in the coming years.
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**Fahrettin Altun, President Erdogan’s senior adviser, responds to remarks that Turkey could send S-400s to Ukraine to repair US-Turkish relations**
A senior advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the US should readmit Ankara to a joint F-35 fighter jet programme and deliver Patriot missile defence systems to the country “without conditions”, amid calls for Turkey to send S-400s to Ukraine.
Fahrettin Altun, the Turkish president’s communications director, wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal: “What the West must do is deliver the F-35 fighter jets and Patriot batteries to Turkey without preconditions.”
The article was in response to another opinion piece that suggested Turkey should send Ukraine the Russian-made S-400 missile defence system, which would “repair the relationship between the US and Turkey” and pave the way for Ankara to rejoin the F-35 programme and obtain the Patriot systems.
Altun said that while such a deal was “quite unrealistic today, this idea presents an opportunity to discuss the problems Turkey has experienced lately with the West”.
“Turkey, which views European Union membership as a strategic objective and takes pride in its Nato membership, expects to be treated by the West as it deserves. It would take confidence-building measures, not so-called informal proposals, to repair the relationship.”
Washington imposed sanctions on Turkish officials in 2020 under a US law that bars significant military transactions with Russia due to its initial deal to receive the first S-400 system.
Turkey was also removed from the fifth-generation F-35 fighter jet programme by the Pentagon in 2019 due to concerns over possible Russian espionage through potential backdoor surveillance in the S-400 system.
Why does Turkey need all of these military assets? They surely don’t plan to destabilise their middle Eastern neighbours further or pulling a Putin to Greece, right?
Not going to happen. I am Turkish and i live in Europe, whenever people learn that i am Turkish , they treat me worse than they would treat a terrorist.
Turkey has no place in west or the EU, it is time for Turks to turn to East (China).
It’s time for all Turks to accept that we are not European, Christian or White.
Also Turkey: let’s welcome all Russian oligarchs and maybe we should buy more Russian weapons! https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1507743297988669451
Forget it.
They will never give those aircrafts to us
Turkish Military growing rapidly more and more powerful
if those 110 F-35 was delivered to us
i can’t even imagine the strike capabilities we would have
We would be too strong, which is bad for American interests in the region
least deluded AKP politician
Let’s be honest, Turkey is probably the least possible target to be attacked in Europe 🙂
– They are in NATO
– They have a big army
– They try not to provoke Russia too much.
So no idea why they would feel that they need this stuff as fast as possible. There is like half a dozen of other targets that really could be attacked in the coming years.
(And I’m not just saying it, because it’s us) 😀