Erdogan Calls on NATO to End Arms Embargoes on Turkey

LOCAL NEWS

• Erdogan calls on NATO allies to end arms embargoes on Turkey as he praised the performance of Turkish drones in Ukraine.
  • “There can be no logical explanation for the obstacles we’ve been facing amid the success of Turkish defence products. It is in our common interest to remove restrictions” – Ahval
• Erdogan’s top Advisor Altun says the US should readmit Turkey to join the F-35 fighter jet program and deliver patriot missiles without any conditions. Altun reiterated that demands for Turkey to send its S-400 missiles to Ukraine were unrealistic and that it was the West’s responsibility to normalise relations with Turkey.
• Says Turkey sees EU membership as its next strategic target and that the West should take “trust-building steps, rather than unofficial offers” – Ahval
• IYI Party leader slams FinMin Nebati over reckless remarks to investors on easing procedures for foreign investors in a bid to prop up the economy. Nebati said to a group of investors that he disliked “legislation or bureaucracy that gives investors a hard time.”
  • Said this legislation could be changed due to the presidential system. Aksener said the Finmin is inviting investors to deal not with an institutional state, but individual persons
• Istanbul municipality’s proposed 50% increase in public transport fares has been rejected. Drivers of public buses, mini buses & shuttles had threatened to strike if they did not receive a 50-60% increase.
  • The municipality said the rejection was due to Government efforts to destroy the municipality which is run by the CHP – Duvar