S-400 missile system

The Biden administration is positive on Turkey's request to buy 40 F-16 warplanes after it was excluded from the F-35 joint fighter jet program, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, informing the process will be followed by the defense ministers of the two allied nations. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Oct. 27 the United States should either deliver the F-35 fighter jets that Turkey paid for or return the money or give another product instead.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Oct. 27 said he will meet his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Glasgow, Scotland during the COP26 climate summit, which starts this Sunday.

During the meeting, the issue of F-35 fighter jets will top the agenda, Erdoğan told reporters.

Turkey can strengthen its defense capabilities in whatever way it wishes, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told The New York Times in a story published on Sept. 29. 

Speaking to the U.S. newspaper's editors at the Türkevi Center in New York last week, Erdoğan reiterated that Ankara has not undermined NATO or the Western alliance by purchasing Russia's S-400 missile system.

No country can interfere in Turkey's future purchases of defense systems, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, criticizing the United States for not delivering the five F-35 stealth fighters that Turkey has already paid for.

Turkey has been making preparations for a meeting to be held between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of a NATO summit, Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın has said, noting that Ankara reiterates its proposal of making negotiations on the problem of the F-35 program.

It was a decision made on the basis that Turkey did not back down from procuring the Russian S-400 missiles

“Caucasus 2020” is currently underway during which some of the state-of-the-art Russian weapons, such as the S-400 system, are being tested

Turkey will take its rift with the United States. over the F-35s, which have not been delivered to Turkish Armed Forces, to international courts, Defense Industries Directorate (SSB) President İsmail Demir told the NTV broadcaster on March 3.

The United States has not yet replied to a letter sent by Turkey for resolving the S-400 air defense system deadlock, the Turkish defense minister has said, reiterating that the Russian weaponry will be used only when the country is under threat.