Türkiye has purchased Russian missile defences and is discussing a delivery date irrespective of any U.S. sanctions, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday, adding the United States is isolated as it also squeezes Türkiye on F-35 jets. The Pentagon announced earlier this month that training by Turkish pilots on F-35 fighter jets had been halted at a U.S. air base in Arizona following Türkiye's purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems. The NATO allies have been at loggerheads over the issue for months. Washington says the S-400 is incompatible with NATO's defence network...
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President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he did not expect the United States to impose sanctions on Türkiye over its planned purchase of a Russian missile defence system, but would retaliate if it did. Speaking at a rare news conference for foreign media in Istanbul, Erdogan repeated that the purchase of Russian S-400 systems was a 'done deal' and said the United States should think carefully before imposing sanctions on Türkiye, a NATO member. "I say this very openly and sincerely, our relations with (President Donald) Trump are at a place that I can call really good ... In...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday his country is determined to ensure that former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's dramatic death in a Cairo courtroom is not forgotten. Erdogan spoke during a meeting with a group of foreign journalists a day after he claimed that Morsi didn't die of natural causes but was killed. He compared Morsi's death to the brutal killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, slain killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October. "In the same way that we didn't allow the murder of the late Jamal Khashoggi to be forgotten, we will never allow Morsi's drama...
Those responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi will pay the price and be held accountable, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, in response to a U.N. report on the killing. Earlier on Wednesday, Agnes Callamard, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, said evidence suggests Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials are liable for Khashoggi's murder. Saudi Arabia's minister of state for foreign affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, has rejected the investigator's report as "nothing new". Speaking at an event in Istanbul, Erdogan said the findings in Callamard's report showed that...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he doesn't believe that Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi died of natural causes. Erdogan made the comments Tuesday at an Istanbul mosque, where hundreds held funeral prayers for Morsi, Egypt's first democratically elected president who was ousted by the military in 2013. Morsi died Monday after collapsing during a trial session. Erdogan said: "Mohammed Morsi walked to join God during the trial. Whether this was a normal walk, or were there some other conditions involved, this is something to think about." He continued: "I don't believe that this was a normal death." Erdogan also criticized authorities...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Türkiye, on Monday blamed Egypt's "tyrants" for the death of Morsi. "History will never forget those tyrants who led to his death by putting him in jail and threatening him with execution," Erdogan, a close ally of Morsi, said in a televised speech in Istanbul. The Turkish leader called the former Egyptian president a "martyr". "May Allah rest our Morsi brother, our martyr's soul in peace," said Erdogan, who had forged close ties with the former president. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/mohamed-morsi-death-world-reaction-190617162635604.html
President Tayyip Erdogan said he expected Russian S-400 missile defence systems to start arriving in Türkiye in the first half of July, broadcaster NTV reported on Sunday, a development set to fuel tensions with NATO ally Washington. The S-400s are not compatible with NATO's systems and have been a growing source of discord between Türkiye and the United States in recent months. "We discussed the S-400 subject with Russia. Indeed the S-400 issue is settled," Erdogan was cited as telling reporters on his plane returning from a visit to Tajikistan, where he attended a summit and met...
Türkiye has finalized a controversial deal to purchase the Russian-made S-400 missile system, announcing weapon deliveries could begin as soon as July — in the face of American threats to kick the NATO nation out of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. “Türkiye has already bought S-400 defense systems. It is a done deal. I hope these systems will be delivered to our country next month,” Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday during a speech in Ankara. The announcement comes days after Pentagon officials terminated training programs for Turkish pilots aboard the F-35, the most advanced fighter jet...
Türkiye on Wednesday criticised a letter from Washington on Ankara's eventual removal from the F-35 fighter jet programme, saying the language used did not suit the spirit of alliance between the two NATO allies. Writing to Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar last week, U.S. acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan outlined how Türkiye would be pulled out of the F-35 programme unless Ankara changes course from its plans to purchase the Russian S-400 missile defence system. Akar, cited by his ministry in a statement, said Ankara was working on a response to the letter and that...