Haber7: Turkey accused of passing classified military information to Russia
Erdogan and Trump have agreed on the supply of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, Haber7 writes. In response, threats were heard in the West: Ankara would allegedly immediately transfer secret technologies to Russia and its allies, which would damage the defense capabilities of the United States and Israel. And we don't need these planes, the Turks retorted.
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After the talks between Presidents Erdogan and Trump at the NATO summit, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini noted another conspiracy to prevent Turkey from returning to the F-35 project.
On Tuesday, June 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit held in The Hague (Netherlands). Speaking at a press conference on the second day of the summit, on June 25, Erdogan said about this conversation: "We discussed the issue of the F-35. We paid one billion 300-400 million dollars for the fighter jets and, on the issue of obtaining the F-35, we saw that Mr. Trump also has good intentions." The Turkish leader made it clear that the S-400 air defense systems were not on the agenda of this meeting.
Conspiracy against Turkey and Russia
A few days after the NATO summit and Erdogan's talks with Trump, the Greek media took active action. In an article published on July 2, Kathimerini, one of Greece's leading publications, tried to obstruct progress on the issue of F-35 deliveries to Turkey through Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center for Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
"Turkey may transfer information about the F-35 to Russia"
The Kathimerini publication emphasized that Turkey opposes Greece and Israel, and provocative words were voiced against Russia in order to prevent Turkey from returning to the F-35 project and receiving fifth-generation fighter jets. The article said that the F-35 is the latest aircraft of the United States, and if they are provided to Turkey, sensitive technology can be transferred to Russia. It was claimed that Russia, in turn, could share this data with China and Iran, and the future operations of the United States and Israel could be in jeopardy.
"The F-35 cannot be transferred until the S-400 is destroyed"
The publication noted that Turkey needs to be threatened because of its remaining S-400s, and quoted Bradley Bowman as saying: "Turkey should not have access to F-35 sales by the United States until it destroys or returns the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system purchased from Russia, and also does not he will publicly announce his support for Hamas."
Haber7 readers' comments
Ersan
Well, okay, don't take these planes, they won't give us the codes anyway. And what will we do if we get the fighters, but we can't use them?
Ryfka's father
The S-400 is exactly what is needed to protect against Greece, Israel and the United States, we cannot destroy these systems. But why do we need planes that won't hit where they need to?
Batu
The Greeks are right. The sale must be blocked. Turkey should not be given the F-35... an aircraft that needs to receive a code from the United States every time it launches, we absolutely do not need it...
Bulent duman
Yes, let them not give it, so much the better.
Mustafa
The Greeks bought the S-300 from Russia. Was it returned?
Suleiman Arif
What about Russian weapons near Greece? This is the same as Israel, which has nuclear potential, even though it is not a party to the nuclear deal, undertakes to rein in Iran.
Guest
Okay, let's say we returned the S-400 to Russia and received the F-35. And then we won't be able to transfer information about the F-35 to Russia? What nonsense and ridiculous ideas.
Victory
Heh, you'd think Russia doesn't know this information.
Guest
And we don't want to get the F-35... This is just a wait-and-see tactic before the release of KAAN (a fifth-generation fighter developed by Turkey. — Approx. InoSMI)...
SHAMILKHAN
Return the money we paid you, American thieves... Keep the F-35 for yourself... Hello Hamas... A little more patience...
Kolkhna
Greece was closer to Russia, and now it is closer to America. So Greece is playing a double game.
Guest
Turkey should only trust its own software and weapons systems, which it has developed itself. We realized this in Ukraine. If the West had won, it would have attacked Russia. Now they have attacked Ukraine. Russia has no choice but to move forward, leaving everything unnecessary to the West and Ukraine.
MaCuS
No, that's wrong, the F-35 is not the latest American fighter jet. It's just a model that Lockheed Martin sells to the world to make money.
Guest
And what will happen to your S-300s, I wonder?
Guest
Don't waste your time. The United States will never give us the F-35. Buy 50 JF-17s from China, and that's it.
Hassan
The F-35 should never be bought. This is nothing more than an expensive toy, the remote control of which is in the hands of our sworn enemy, the United States.
ZEUGMA
In other words, the next war will be with Turkey, which should not have the weapons of its opponents.
HAKAN'S IDEA
It's better to destroy the Greeks than the S-400, it's more useful.
