Will Erdoğan reach the F16?

– International News – Tasnim News Agency, finally, after long delays, the Turkish government sent the resolution agreeing to Sweden’s membership in NATO to the parliament, and with the signature of the president, the Stockholm authorities were relieved, and now they know that Erdogan It cannot use a tool called veto.

But this is not the end of the story. Turkish media and public opinion are asking: Has Erdogan managed to get a golden point from Washington after procrastinating and making excuses for a long time? Here, the meaning of golden privilege is that Erdogan’s government officials demanded that the US government sell 48 F-16 zero-kilometer fighter planes to Turkey and electronic kits of old fighters of the Turkish Air Force in exchange for Sweden’s membership in NATO. Also update. He left for Washington on a special flight. Nations is about Gaza. And to say: “We did not veto Sweden’s entry into NATO.” The promise of loyalty Let’s take the fighters.”

It’s not easy. Although the Ankara parliament has agreed to Sweden’s membership in NATO, there is still no clear indication that the US Congress has agreed to the sale of F-16s to the Turkish Air Force.

The general atmosphere of political circles in Turkey regarding the approval of Sweden joining NATO was not so warm and unified, and several parties and political and media organizations in Turkey strongly opposed this decision. /p>

The Islamist party of Saadat, consisting of old students of the late Najmuddin Erbakan, refused to vote in favor of this decision, and the Communist Party of Watan, led by Dogu Princek, agreed to Sweden’s membership in He considered NATO as a strategic mistake and harming Turkey’s national interests. The answer is Biden

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Friday And after the Friday prayer, when leaving the mosque, he answered the journalists’ questions and announced about the F-16 issue: “Our parliament approved Sweden’s membership in NATO with an overwhelming majority, as promised.” I also signed it and it was published in the official newspaper in the evening. Now we are waiting for the final conclusion of the American authorities. Biden sent a written directive to the House of Representatives. We are also waiting. We hope that the result obtained from there will enable the process of sending F16 to Turkey”.

Erdogan’s words showed that even a relative and cautious hope He doesn’t have it and Joe Biden’s team hasn’t made any promises and hasn’t spoken decisively.

Which court is the ball in?

Evidence shows that Joe Biden’s team on the sale of F-16 to the Turkish Air Force It has a completely political attitude and is not willing to leave the door of friendship.

This means that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Defense of the United States have told the Turkish authorities: “We are working.” we are not “Without the approval of Congress, this deal cannot be finalized.” But on the other hand, they don’t do anything special to convince the Congress representatives and thus, they keep Turkey in an atmosphere full of ambiguity and suspense.

Neither Joe Biden, nor Blinken, nor Sullivan, none of them have been willing to mention Turkey as a strategic ally and a close friend in their speeches and interviews. This point can indicate that Biden, as an experienced politician who has 33 years of experience as a senator, will turn the issue of selling fighter jets to Turkey into a political-legal issue beyond the power of the government.

Four lobbies against selling F-16 to Turkey

Hindu Lobby: This lobby also He believes that the friendship between Turkey and Pakistan and its impact on the Kashmir equation endangers the security of Hindus and Turkey should not become more powerful.

Kurdish lobby: The fourth lobby, which is not as powerful as the other three, is a group of Kurds living in America who oppose the military deal.

These groups that Calling itself the NoJetsForTurkey Coalition, it has sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Foreign Affairs Committees regarding the possible sale, demanding a comprehensive review of the latest details.

This letter was written by the Greek American Leadership Council (HALC), American Friends of Kurdistan (AFK), Armenian National American Committee (ANCA), Hindu American Foundation (HAF), Christian Defense Organization (IDC) and the Middle East Forum (MEF) have been signed.

Lobby organizations accused Ankara of rejecting Sweden’s NATO membership as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the government. America spends on buying American jets. The lobbying organizations separately called for “the creation of a mechanism to hold Turkey accountable for the use of these warplanes”. Turkey’s joining Sweden to NATO and procrastinating and negotiating for a long time in order to use this issue as an action tool and bargaining tool did not bring brilliant results, and this event showed that the Ankara government has little chance and possibility to monopolize in NATO does not have and under any circumstances, it finds itself forced to go along with the decisions of NATO’s main powers.

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