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Avrupa Komisyonunun özrü Von der Leyenin kabahatinden beter. “Batı balkanlardaki hırsları” ibaresi daha da sorunlu. “Von der Leyen tarafından Türkiye'nin zikredilmesi, sadece Türkiye'nin jeopolitik ağırlığının, büyüklüğünün ve özellikle Batı Balkanlar'daki hırslarının bir takdiriydi; başka herhangi bir ülke ile bir kıyaslama amacı taşımıyordu.” “Türkiye, bölgede kilit bir çıpadır.” “Türkiye aynı zamanda önemli bir NATO müttefiki ve AB aday ülkesidir; bu sıfatıyla da kilit bir muhataptır.”

US Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack: The question on S-400s… For those of you who don’t know, Türkiye, after the coup, bought a Russian defense system. There was a variance in opinion—were we not willing to sell them Patriots, or could they not buy Patriots, but they bought an S-400 system. At the time, Türkiye was also the second-largest NATO ally. This is huge. When you think of what that means and what Türkiye is doing to protect Europe, it’s incredible. They wanted to contribute to the F-35 jet program and, as a matter of fact, were a partner in manufacturing fuselages. When they bought the S-400, Congress then imposed sanctions. Sanctions… in my humble opinion… they don’t work. The sanctioned country becomes so smart, so ingenious, they figure out ways around them. They went off the F-35 system. President Trump and President Erdogan… sat down. Halkbank is now fine. F-16s — renegotiating again. The alliance… is being rebuilt. I think you’re going to see this S-400 situation solved soon. From my boss’s point of view, acceptance into an F-35 program is fine. Greece has S-300s and F-35s. So, that the the Greece-Türkiye issue is you know, another historic issue. I won't even attempt to get there because they'll they'll forbid me to ever go to Mykonos again.