Turkish FM urges U.S. to finalize F-16 sale "as soon as possible"

STORY: Turkish FM urges U.S. to finalize F-16 sale "as soon as possible" DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meeting with Moldovian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicu Popescu 2. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU, Turkish Foreign Minister 3. Footages of air force F-16 warplanes in Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that the sale of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye "needs to be finalized as soon as possible." Cavusoglu made the remarks at a joint press conference in Istanbul with visiting Moldovian Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicu Popescu, in response to the latest U.S. Congressional agreement to remove restrictive conditions in the final text of the defense budget on the sale of F-16s to Türkiye. Türkiye, aiming to bolster its airforce with 40 F-16 jets, has been adamant in its opposition t

Turkish president warns Greece over "harassment" of Turkish jets

STORY: Turkish president warns Greece over "harassment" of Turkish jets DATELINE: Sept. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Turkish F-16 fighter jets 2. various of an old "dogfight" of Turkish fighter jets with Greek fighter jets in the Aegean skies 3. various of an old meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Türkiye 4. various of some Turkish drones STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a warning against Greece on Saturday over what Ankara calls recent "harassment" of Turkish fighter jets in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean. He was referring to the withdrawal of the Greek army from Türkiye's western province of Izmir during the country's Independence War in 1922. Türkiye recently accused Greece of harassing twice the Turkish jets carrying out NATO missions over the Aegean and Mediterranean. Ankara said the Greek warplanes locking their radars on Turkish F-16s on Au