The United States is not fulfilling its obligations on fighter jets, Erdogan said.

Ankara has not received any fighters from the United States, nor the money paid for them, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said.

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“There were people who threatened us about buying the C-400 without offering anything in return. Now we are negotiating the supply of F-16s, but we are being denied. We were promised F-35 aircraft, but they did not keep their word. Although we paid about 1 billion 400 million dollars. There are no planes, and the money has not been returned. We always keep our word and expect this from our partners,” the Turkish leader said.

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The United States has previously excluded Turkey from its F-35 fighter jet program as a punishment for buying Russian S-400 air defense systems. Erdogan subsequently announced an American proposal to purchase other fighters, but not the fifth, but the fourth generation – the F-16.

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The deal will have to be negotiated in Congress, where it has powerful opponents.