President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for Türkiye's re-entry into the US-led F-35 fighter jet-program, saying it would help cement ties with Washington and strengthen the security of NATO, APA reports, citing Bloomberg.
The written comments, made in a response to questions from Bloomberg, highlight the Turkish leader’s bid to use his rapport with President Donald Trump to repair ties strained almost a decade ago over Türkiye's purchase of Russian-made air defense systems.
A growing overlap in policy priorities between Ankara and Washington — spanning defense, energy and the direction of regional conflicts — is reshaping Türkiye's balancing act between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which it is a member, and Russia, its biggest trade partner.
