Selcan Hacaoglu

Look who I bumped into in the hotel lobby just now: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife. He’s here in Johannesburg for #G20SouthAfrica this weekend. With my colleagues from Bloomberg @politics, I’ll be covering the first such summit to be held on the African continent. President Trump and the U.S. government’s boycotting, while China’s Xi Jinping has also decided to give it a miss.

EXCLUSIVE: Turkey will hold more talks with Lockheed to resolve a price dispute over new multibillion-dollar F-16 fighter jet orders. Turkey has resisted Lockheed's requirement that as the buyer it should pay for upgrades of the F-16 Block 70 aircraft's mission computer and new production lines to overcome a backlog of orders. Turkey, the world’s largest F-16 operator outside the US, also wants access to the mission computer source code so it can integrate domestically developed missiles and radar. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EXCLUSIVE: Turkey seeks to buy 24 used Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A jets from Qatar alongside 16 brand new Tranche 4 jets. With @FiratKozok bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Turkey plans to supply military equipment to Syria and wants to update the so-called Adana Agreement and extend the permitted range to hit Kurdish militants to 30 kilometers from 5 kilometers across the Syrian border. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Turkey is discussing developing rare-earth reserves in western Anatolia with the US. With @FiratKozok and @PatrickSykes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bloomberg Exclusive... Turkey anticipates settling a long-running dispute with the US administration over sanctions busting allegations against state lender Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS with a manageable fine. @business @TheTerminal bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EXCLUSIVE: Turkey’s Jet Ambitions Rest On US Engines Until It Goes Domestic. @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Turkey’s flagship carrier Turkish Airlines plans to launch direct flights to Armenia, as Ankara steps up efforts to normalize relations with its neighbor after decades of hostility @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

QuickTake: Why F-35 Fighter Jet Is at Heart of US-Turkey Ties @business @markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump urged Erdogan to curb energy imports from Russia, warning that sales of stealth fighter jets to the NATO ally depend on Ankara’s support for US goals. With @KateSullivanDC @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump pressed Erdogan to stop buying oil from Russia at a meeting at the White House and also said he could decide to lift CAATSA sanctions and sell F-35 jets along with F-16s to NATO ally. With @KateSullivanDC @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Erdogan visits Trump at White House for first time in 6 years with lucrative deals to repair US-Turkey ties. With @KateSullivanDC @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Syria’s president made his debut on the international stage with the first address by a leader from his country to the UN General Assembly in more than half a century. With @samdagher @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Turkey temporarily deploys an advanced AWACS radar plane to Lithuania, signaling NATO is stepping up defenses in the Baltic region after Russian violations of its airspace. With @mseputyte @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SCOOP: Turkish President Erdogan plans to buy hundreds of Boeing airliners and Lockheed Martin fighters, while pushing for some of their parts to be produced in Turkey. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Turkey negotiates deals worth tens of billions of dollars with US to buy various aircraft and energy as Erdogan prepares to meet Trump at the White House on Sept. 25. @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…