Turkey has long wanted to modernize its aging fleet of fighter jets. One of the top choices for that upgrade is the F-35 Lightning II, a powerful stealth aircraft developed by the US-based company ...

Turkey still hopes that the Donald Trump administration will restore its status in the F-35 fighter jet purchase program, ...

Ankara mulls rerouting $1.4bn it paid for F-16s to next generation jets if Trump readmits it into the programme ...

Israel’s opposition could become a significant additional factor, even if the U.S. and Turkey reach some solution over Turkey's contentious Russian S-400 acquisition.

US lawmakers from both parties have recently expressed concern about discussions in the Donald Trump administration on ...

Turkey is facing a pause in its fighter jet acquisition plans, following a report from German newspaper Handelsblatt that ...

The Trump administration slapped sanctions on Turkey in 2020. Trump wielded the Countering America's Adversaries Through ...

But despite this, Israel is deeply worried after there were reports of possible talks between Turkey and US for the F-35 stealth fighter jet. The radar capability, cyber warfare integration and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to block the sale of F-35 warplanes to Turkey, citing concerns over Ankara’s growing influence in ...

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Since the early 2000s, Turkey has relied on a foreign policy approach that emphasised cooperation instead of competition.