Turkey plans to resort to other options if the United States refuses to sell it F-35 fighter jets
Turkish president vows to destroy"terror corridor" in northern Syria regardless of results of the talks with the US on the Syrian safe zone.
"Don't you sell [Turkey] F-35? Ok then, sorry but we take our measures and turn to other options," President Erdogan said. Trump has repeatedly voiced reluctance to penalise Turkey over its purchase of the S-400, doing so last week when announcing Ankara's removal from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Turkey's expulsion is slated to be completed by the end of March 2020.
Trump blames the Obama administration for the current row over its refusal to sign a deal with Turkey to sell it American defense firm Raytheon's Patriot missile system.Erdogan said the attack targeting Turkish diplomat in Iraq's Erbil justifies Turkey’s decision of launching a counter-terrorism operation in northern Iraq.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU – has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants.
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