{"id":2937,"date":"2026-07-10T08:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/2937\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:57:12","slug":"turkish-defence-ministry-calls-for-removal-of-caatsa-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/2937\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish Defence Ministry Calls for Removal of CAATSA Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"260\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibrispostasi.com\/assets_v3\/img\/1px.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/v2trkiyemillisavunmabakanl_1630858727.jpg\" alt=\"Turkish Defence Ministry Calls for Removal of CAATSA Sanctions\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        Turkey&#8217;s Ministry of National Defence (MSB) has welcomed US President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent remarks on CAATSA sanctions, saying it expects all restrictions targeting Turkey&#8217;s defence industry to be lifted.<\/p>\n<p>                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"551\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kibrispostasi.com\/assets_v3\/img\/1px.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783673832_602_v2trkiyemillisavunmabakanl_1630858727.jpg\" alt=\"Turkish Defence Ministry Calls for Removal of CAATSA Sanctions\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"543\">In a statement issued after the ministry&#8217;s weekly press briefing at the Ay Y\u0131ld\u0131z Joint Headquarters, officials said Turkey remained a strong and effective NATO ally that continues to make significant contributions to the Alliance&#8217;s deterrence and collective security.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"760\">&#8220;Our expectation remains the removal of the CAATSA sanctions, which are incompatible with the spirit of alliance, as well as all explicit or implicit restrictions imposed on our defence industry,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"762\" data-end=\"955\">The ministry added that it welcomed President Trump&#8217;s comments and reaffirmed Turkey&#8217;s preference for strengthening mutual trust and solidarity among allies instead of maintaining restrictions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"1263\">Responding to questions about Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis&#8217;s opposition to a possible sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, the ministry reiterated that Ankara supports peace and stability in the region and favours resolving disputes through constructive dialogue and good neighbourly relations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1489\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The ministry also said that avoiding rhetoric capable of increasing tensions would contribute positively to bilateral relations, adding: &#8220;The Turkish Armed Forces pose no threat to anyone who does not pose a threat to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkey&#8217;s Ministry of National Defence (MSB) has welcomed US President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent remarks on CAATSA sanctions, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1936,1933,1930,38,14,1934,1932,1253,1935,1937,1931],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-caatsa","tag-calls","tag-cyprus-mirror","tag-defence","tag-defence-industry","tag-for","tag-ministry","tag-of","tag-removal","tag-sanctions","tag-turkish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}