{"id":5286,"date":"2025-03-22T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/trump-weighs-f-35-sale-to-turkey-sanctions-relief-after-erdogan-call\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T14:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T14:54:04","slug":"trump-weighs-f-35-sale-to-turkey-sanctions-relief-after-erdogan-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/trump-weighs-f-35-sale-to-turkey-sanctions-relief-after-erdogan-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Weighs F-35 Sale To Turkey, Sanctions Relief After Erdogan Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"M\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>March 21, 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Fox News reports that former President Donald Trump is considering a major shift in U.S.-Turkey relations following a Sunday phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. <\/h3>\n<p>The proposed deal could see sanctions lifted and Turkey rejoining the F-35 program, with sales of the advanced jets back on the table. Additionally, Turkey\u2019s F-16 fleet would be modernized, with 40 new jets and upgrade kits for 79 existing aircraft\u2014already approved by Congress in a $23 billion package\u2014moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement hinges on Turkey surrendering its two Russian S-400 air defense systems, purchased in 2017 for $2.5 billion. Options include partial disassembly or relocation to a U.S.-controlled base in Turkey. Turkey\u2019s acquisition of the S-400s previously led to its expulsion from the F-35 program over espionage fears tied to Russian technology operating near U.S. systems.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish embassy, referencing a readout from Erdogan\u2019s office, stated that the president urged Trump to end CAATSA sanctions, finalize the F-16 deal, and restore Turkey\u2019s role in the F-35 program to boost defense cooperation. Erdogan is expected to visit the White House in the coming weeks to cement these ties.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tCAATSA, Congress, Defense, Erdogan, F-16, F-35, S-400, sanctions, Trump, Turkey, U.S.-Turkey relations, White House\t<\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/03\/22\/trump-weighs-f-35-sale-to-turkey-sanctions-relief-after-erdogan-call\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 21, 2025 \u2013 Fox News reports that former President Donald Trump is considering a major shift in U.S.-Turkey relations following a Sunday phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The proposed deal could see sanctions lifted and Turkey rejoining the F-35 program, with sales of the advanced jets back on the table. Additionally, &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Trump Weighs F-35 Sale To Turkey, Sanctions Relief After Erdogan Call\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/trump-weighs-f-35-sale-to-turkey-sanctions-relief-after-erdogan-call\/#more-5286\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump Weighs F-35 Sale To Turkey, Sanctions Relief After Erdogan Call\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250322_052853-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}