Ankara may refuse to purchase American F-16s. The Russian fighter jets may serve as a replacement, Çagri Erhan, a member of the Presidential Council for Security and Foreign Policy of Turkey, told RIA Novosti.
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According to the official, after the earthquakes Turkey will refuse the request for F-16s, because their cost is 20 billion dollars. Erhan is convinced that the Turkish government made a mistake by requesting the fighter jets from Washington. He explains that this model is already outdated and uncompetitive compared to other aircrafts. In addition, Congress, under “some pretext”, is still refusing to approve the sale.
“Turkey should change its decision on the F-16 immediately. For example, there was an option with the F-35 on the table. Turkey had expectations of the programme. Now there are other options, such as the Chinese aircraft that was sold to Pakistan, Russian aircraft, and the Eurofighter fighter,” the agency quoted Erhan as saying.
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