Joe Biden Asked Not to Sell Fighter Jets to Turkey

Reuters reported in early October that Turkey had submitted a request to the US to buy 40 Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets and nearly 80 modernization kits for the country's warplanes.

Ankara had previously ordered more than 100 Lockheed Martin-made F-35 jets, but the US removed Turkey from the program after the secular nation purchased the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

The US-Turkish partnership has been volatile in the past five years due to several factors, including disagreements over Syria, Ankara's closer ties to Moscow, Turkey's naval ambitions in the Mediterranean, US accusations against a Turkish state-owned bank, and the deterioration of human rights in Turkey. (ant/dil/mcr20/jpnn)

This news has been broadcast on JPNN.com with the title: Erdogan Main Dua Kaki, Amerika Diminta Tak Jual Senjata ke Turki