[Music] [Music] on the 23rd of October tur a was shaken up by a terror attack an armed man and woman infiltrated the premises of a Turkish Aerospace company the state-owned tucas or Turkish Aerospace Industries was the target four tcas employees were killed more than 20 others were wounded the attackers were eventually neutralized the terror incident was an attack on tur's biggest success story Turkish Aviation has been soaring to new heights the bakar tp2 and Akin drones which are made by tcas are ankara's Flagship attack drones so the attack was planned not just to inflict casualties
but cause emotional and psychological damage as well after all tur's Pride was under attack off after the terror attack tur a mobilized its F-16 fighter jets the americanmade Vipers conducted air strikes in Syria and Iraq anara says it struck the Kurdistan Workers Party or pkk the group had taken responsibility for the terror attack on tusas the pkk is an armed Guerilla movement based in the Kurdish mountains of Iraq and Syria the group seeks an independent Kurdish state it also seeks political autonomy and increased personal rights for ethnic Kurds living in tury the pkk has been
designated a terror outfit by turkey the United States and some other NATO countries however the Kurdish group enjoy strong support in [Music] Germany turkey a carried out 29 air strikes on the Kurdish Group after the attack on tcas leading the attack with tur A's F-16 fighter jets vipers were loaded with Precision guided jdam bombs and they delivered with devastating [Music] effect the Vipers have been tur's air dominance backbone since 1983 but now the f-16s are old and the turbulent environment around turkey has president RP Ty erdogan worried with the pkk carrying out the terror attack
and the growing tensions between turkey and Israel erdogan worries that his country's Air Force may not be up to the mark he wants to modernize his Air Force but erdogan's political stance has put him at odds with the West erdogan's long-standing request with the United States has been approved anara will finally get 40 new F-16 Jets along with modernization kits for the existing Fleet the clearance came after years of erdogan's government begging and pleading for the Jets Washington was upset with ankara's purchase of S400 air defense systems from Moscow back in 2017 T was even
booted out of the F35 program and all F-16 related deals were called off but now erdogan has scored a small win with the F-16 deal however turkey needs more Jets and the one aircraft it really wants has become a nightmare for erdogan turkey desperately wants the Euro Fighter typhoon the aircraft is a joint project by Germany Spain Italy and the United Kingdom which means all four countries have to give the green signal to any potential buyer things are not going erdogan's way while the United Kingdom and Spain have shown interest in selling the Jets Germany
continues to quietly block the deal because it considers tury's air strikes on the Kurdish pkk group a humanitarian disaster I would like to answer the questions that have been put to me and to us turkey is a member of NATO and that's why we repeatedly make decisions that result in concrete deliveries and this is a matter of course we have also made such decisions recently and there will be more then of course there are some projects that are only just beginning the one you mentioned Euro Fighters is one that the British government is pushing ahead
with and where negotiations have now begun in this respect it is something that will continue to develop but is now being driven forward from the UK turkey and Germany's opposing stances regarding Israel's actions in West Asia are not helping erdogan much either it's no secret that Germany and turkey also have different views on Israel the murderous terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7th was a terrible crime and of course also caused terrible misery for the inhabitants and residents of Gaza it is clear that one must be able to defend oursel against such an attack erdogan
has been trying to buy the Euro Fighters since last year prolonged political arm twisting by the US has forced turkey a to look away from the F-16 Jets Russian and Chinese jets are out of the question because is a NATO member it has the option of buying the grippin from Sweden rafal's from France or the Euro Fighter the grippin wouldn't be much of an upgrade from the current f-16s so erdogan removed it from his wish list then there were two options [Music] remaining turkey's relations with its neighbors shape what fighter jets are flown by its
Pilots to the West is Greece the two countries have relations dating back to the 1800s however relations have turned frosty in the last three decades the conflict between Athens and anara is largely over territorial claims in the aian sea there are about 1,400 islands in the aian sea and a majority of them belong to Greece this gives Athens extended exclusive economic zones among these is Cyprus a major flash point between turkey and Greece a Greek coup in Cyprus drew a Turkish invasion in 1974 the island has been divided since then with the north being controlled
by Turkish cypriots and the South being run by A cypriot government controlled by Greek cypriots tensions between the two NATO members have been Rife ever ever since erdogan has even threatened to invade Greece if Athens doesn't demilitarize the aian sea in response to eran's threats Greece has placed an order with France for 24 Rafi Jets and with the US for 20 F35 stealth Fighters with Greece getting both the Rafal and the F-35 turkey a is left with no choice but to pursue the Euro Fighter typhoon both the Rafal and the Euro Fighter are pure European
project objects they are both 4.5 generation fighter jets with proven combat experience however the Greek Rafal boasts the formidable long range meteor air-to-air missile the Euro Fighter can also fire this missile however the chances of tury getting the weapon are highly doubtful the raile is also equipped with the entirely digital ASR radar only the latest Euro Fighters have them and tury a may not get those the Rafal also has more advanced self- defenses systems like the Spectra which the Euro Fighter doesn't the French jet also outclasses the Euro Fighter with its better targeting system higher
payload capacity smaller radar cross-section and carrier-based maritime operations the a file also has a simpler logistical chain while Euro Fighter typhoons require constant approvals from all four countries and that is why Germany who is also a NATO member and a close Ally of Greece continues to block erdogan's requests for the Euro Fighter constant snubs from the West have left tur stranded anara has been forced to improve its indigenous defense production and this has given new Wings to tcas the Turkish firm has built its own stealth fighter jet the KH the aircraft is undergoing ground and
Air Trials and will officially be inducted in 2030 [Music] however there's one major problem erdogan will still have to tow the Western Line because the KH is powered by two americanmade General Electric f-110 engines this means that anytime erdogan doesn't play by Washington's rules the transfer of engines could be put on hold or delayed it's a common trick that Uncle s pulls off to get What It Wants Washington has used this Katan stick approach for years erdoan is left with very few friends in NATO and they all want him to play ball if he really
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