Turkey condemns ‘unjust’ US sanctions, threatens response

Turkey on Monday condemned US sanctions over its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defences as a "grave mistake" and threatened to retaliate over a move it said would harm ties between the NATO allies.

Washington imposed the long-anticipated sanctions on Turkey's top defence procurement and development body, its chairman and three other employees. Analysts said the targeted move would mostly spare the broader Turkish economy.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry called the decision "inexplicable" given that Washington repeatedly rejected Ankara's offer to form a joint working group to allay US concerns that the S-400s threatened NATO defences.

"We call on the United States to revise the unjust sanctions (and) to turn back from this grave mistake as soon as possible," it said. "Turkey is ready to tackle the issue through dialogue and diplomacy in a manner worthy of the...