ISTANBUL – President Tayyip Erdogan said on August 30 that Turkey will ensure it is able to buy and produce fighter jets and that Russian Su-35s and Su-57s are a possible alternative to U.S. planes.
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A handout picture taken and released on August 27, 2019, by the Turkish Presidential Press service, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (C-L) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C-R) inspecting a Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation jet fighter aircraft during the MAKS 2019 International Aviation and Space Salon opening ceremony in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
