Forbes: The scary scenario for Ankara – What will happen soon

Forbes reveals the scary scenario for Ankara – What is most likely to happen.

Greek-Turkish – Forbes: The scary scenario for Ankara – What will happen soon if Turkey’s request for F-16 is rejected.

According to the magazine, Ankara’s plan to modernize F-16 fighter jets and buy new fighter jets “found obstacles” during the Greek prime minister’s recent visit to Washington.

In fact, Forbes emphasizes that because of this, the reaction of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was harsh, noting that “Mitsotakis no longer exists for me.”

The article by Paul Iddon states that since Turkey was excluded from the F-35 fighter jet program due to the purchase of the advanced S-400 air defense missile system, questions have been raised. have emerged about the future of the Ankara Air Force.

The F-16s are the backbone of the Turkish Air Force, but especially the Block 30 models, which are getting older and older.

Turkey has requested 40 Block 70/72, as well as 80 modernization kits, worth about $ 6 billion.

“If Mitsotakis’s efforts to persuade Washington to reject the deal are successful, Turkey can stay with the F-16s in its hands until the end of the decade, losing the lead to the much more advanced fighter jets of its western neighbors.” , mentions the article, writes tolgaozbek.com.

At the same time, Greece will have the most advanced F-16s in Europe as well as the French Mirage 2000s and Rafale.

The article notes that the US Congress has been secretly blocking arms sales to Turkey since 2018 due to the issue of S-400s and other disagreements in Turkish policy.

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“Greece’s 134 fighter jets (F-16 Viper, Rafale and F-35) could surpass Turkey’s best aircraft in both quality and number,” it said.

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