{"id":7543,"date":"2025-11-07T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:39:57","slug":"turkiye-rejects-us-pressure-to-give-up-russian-s-400s-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/turkiye-rejects-us-pressure-to-give-up-russian-s-400s-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye rejects US pressure to give up Russian S-400s \u2013 Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ankara is only ready to agree to joint oversight of the air defense systems with Washington, sources have claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n Türkiye continues to resist US demands to abandon its Russian-made S-400 air defense systems, but is eager to make some concessions to the Americans on the issue, Bloomberg has reported.<\/p>\n The acquisition of S-400s by Ankara from Moscow in 2019 soured its relations with Washington, resulting in sanctions being imposed against Türkiye the next year and the NATO member’s exclusion from the US F-35 fighter jet program. The Turkish government has defended the purchase, insisting on their sovereign right to choose their arms suppliers.<\/p>\n Türkiye remains interested in buying 40 F-35s from the US, which would be impossible as long as the sanctions remain in place, the news agency said in an article on Friday.<\/p>\n Ankara is “willing to compromise”<\/em> in order to make sure that Washington lifts its restrictions, sources told Bloomberg. The Turkish authorities could agree to a technical mechanism for supervising the S-400s together with the US, they said.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n US President Donald Trump signaled he was open to Turkey purchasing F-35 fighter jets during a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in late September. “He needs certain things, and we need certain things,”<\/em> Trump said, adding that Erdogan would be “successful”<\/em> in obtaining what he “would like to buy.”<\/em><\/p>\n However, no deal on the fighter jets has been announced since then.<\/p>\n “I do not think it is very becoming of a strategic partnership,”<\/em> Erdogan said about Washington’s ban on F-35s purchase in an interview with Fox News during his US visit.<\/p>\n The Hindustan Times reported last month, citing high-ranking defense sources, that India, which bought five S-400s for $5.43 billion in 2018, is looking to acquire another five systems from Russia.<\/p>\n