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Türkiye following up on procurement process of F-35s: President Erdogan
'We told them (US), ‘We paid, yet you still haven’t delivered the F-35s. That’s it. Now we’re following up,' Recep Tayyip Erdogan says
Esra Tekin |
01.10.2025 - Update : 01.10.2025
ISTANBUL
Türkiye is following up on the procurement process of F-35s, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday.
"We told them (the US), ‘We paid, yet you still haven’t delivered the F-35s. That’s it. Now we’re following up',” he said at a reception in Turkish parliament.
Last Thursday, US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Erdogan had a meeting at the White House, with the F-35 issue among the agenda items.
After the meeting, Trump had said the leaders "had a very good conversation having to do with the purchase of military equipment."
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