Leading Greek-American organization hails halt of F-35 sale to Turkey

The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC), one of the most influential Greek American organizations and the one that led the effort to block the transfer of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, has praised the signing into law of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA) which in part halts the transfer of F-35s to an increasingly unstable and unreliable Turkish government.

"The language included in the NDAA barring the transfer of F-35s to Turkey is but the first step in a long-overdue reassessment of the US-Turkey relationship," said HALC Executive Director Endy Zemenides.

"For far too long, Turkey has acted with impunity in the region, threatening America's allies, violating international law, and undermining regional security," he said

"We're happy that the Trump administration is increasing pressure on President Erdogan,...