F-16 blackmail from the USA to Turkey! US President Biden’s Erdogan plan clarified
“Biden does not want to offer Erdogan victory before the election,” said Steven Cook, who works as the Middle East and Turkey policy manager at the think-tank Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
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After meeting with Foreign Minister Antony Blinken in Washington on January 18, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with teachers from different thinking programs and his absence from the business world at the Embassy residence.
Steven Cook, who attended the meeting, answered the questions of VOA Turkish. Stating that they are pleased to be invited to the meeting, Cook said in the speech of Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu, USAHe said that Turkey showed optimism about the production of F-16 warplanes and modernization kits.
“There is general agreement that Turkey should buy the F-16”
Stating that Çavuşoğlu’s meeting, a group of influential people was told that the relationship between the USA and Turkey continues to be important for the USA, even though there are disagreements, Cook said, “There is a general agreement that Turkey should buy the F-16. It is at the broadest and abstraction level. “I think that’s probably true,” he said.
“It is correct that the Finnish Foreign Minister proposed a break in negotiations”
Cook said, “It is clear that President Erdogan and AKP will magnify this week’s Qur’an burning before the elections. So there is a precedent for this. A large part of the 2019 local elections was based on the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand. It is also correct for me to suggest that it be given to him.”
“Can expect an extremely contentious election environment to be achieved in Turkey”
But according to Steven Cook, the urgency of expanding NATO to include Sweden and Finland has passed. The reason for this is that the poor performance of Russia in Ukraine is no longer a security concern in Europe, except for Ukraine. For this reason, it can be expected that the meetings will be suspended and an extremely contentious election environment will pass in Turkey.
“The administration is about to meet to give Erdogan a victory before the elections or to become a news item about the elections in Turkey”
For this reason, Steven Cook, who said that the White House will enter into a “fight” with the sale of F-16s, with Turkey or with Congress on any issue, or with powerful members of Biden’s own party, said, “It will be a longer process to end these elections. It’s your administration. Gathering to give Erdogan a victory before the elections or to become a news item about the elections in Turkey,” he said.