'In the long list of items that divide Washington and Ankara, the S400 is at the top of the list. It would be Erdogan’s hope that such a gesture would allow Congress to lift its objections to selling Turkey F-16s and remove sanctions,' SinanCiddi writes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brushed away international criticism and called the S400 a"done deal." This single acquisition has poisoned Ankara’s relationship with the West and prevented Turkey from being able to acquire alternative platforms to the F-35 from the U.S., namely the F-16.However, Haluk Gorgun, Turkey’s chief of Aselsan — the country’s leading defense manufacturer — recently stated,"We are making air defense systems. We don’t need S-300s, S-400s.
This intention was made clear by a recent opinion piece published by Ankara’s ambassador to Washington. More importantly, Erdogan’s spokesman recently paid a visit to Washington trying to outline all the areas in which Washington and Ankara could work together in Erdogan’s third presidential term. In that regard, Turkey’s divestment of the S400s would be a significant gesture. In the long list of items that divide Washington and Ankara, the S400 is at the top of the list.
However, the list of American grievances against Ankara is long, and one gesture will not likely be enough. Turkey continues to be a spoiler inside of NATO. Although it recently approved Finland’s application for NATO membership, it still blocks Sweden. In Europe, Erdogan continues its belligerent and hostile stance towards Greece and Cyprus over maritime borders in the eastern Mediterranean.
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