Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking forgiveness. Last week, he asked President Trump to re-admit Turkey to the fifth generation stealth F-35 fighter jet program, from which it was ...

Turkey’s F-35 return hinges on ditching the Russian S-400, which it refuses. Despite tensions, Ankara’s growing defense industry and geopolitical influence suggest reentry could benefit Washington ...

Turkey has sought to return the S-400 air defense systems that it bought from Russia back in 2017, a move that would likely improve its ties with the U.S. and allow it to buy F-35 stealth fighter jets ...

Summary and Key Points: A former Turkish government minister recently proposed that Turkey should sell its Russian-made S-400 air-defense system, a move that could potentially restore Turkey’s ...

Turkey’s acquisition of the Russian-manufactured S-400 missile air defense system in 2019 (in place of United States or NATO-manufactured equivalents) resulted, not only in Turkey being booted out of ...

On a global scale, the KAAN program challenges Western dominance in fighter jet technology—aligning with multipolar trends where middle powers assert their independence from the larger states. In a ...

A full-scale model of the TF-X is presented at the 2019 Paris Air Show. (Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images) ANKARA, Turkey — The first aircraft of Turkey’s indigenous fighter program, the TF-X, sits ...