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ANKARA, Turkey (BulgarianMilitary.com) – On Saturday, in a speech in Burdur, telecast by the NTV channel, the Turkish President Recep Erdogan stated that Ankara would not give up buying the S-400 missile systems from Moscow. His statement comes a day after the informal deadline, set by the U.S. Turkey to respond whether it will go ahead with the…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Following the U.S. warnings to Turkey that the purchase of the Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems threatens the transfer of the F-35 stealth fighter to Ankara, on Tuesday, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in response that the deal with Russia is “a done deal”,…

MOSCOW, the Russian Federation, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday, the Russian news agency TASS, citing the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, announced that Turkey will start to deploy the ordered Russian S-400 air defense systems in October, next year. Furthermore, Ankara had already started to recruit military staff responsible for the…