{"id":18435,"date":"2020-12-17T03:30:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T03:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/17\/erdogan-says-us-sanctions-aim-to-stymie-growing-turkish-defense-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:44:11","slug":"erdogan-says-us-sanctions-aim-to-stymie-growing-turkish-defense-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/12\/17\/erdogan-says-us-sanctions-aim-to-stymie-growing-turkish-defense-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan says US sanctions aim to stymie growing Turkish defense industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday portrayed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/12\/14\/us-sanctions-nato-ally-turkey-over-purchase-of-russian-missile-defense-system\/\" target=_blank>U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey<\/a> over its purchase of a Russian air defense system as an attempt to obstruct his country\u2019s rising defense industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a speech delivered during the inauguration of a highway in central Turkey, Erdogan also said the sanctions would increase his government\u2019s determination to make the Turkish defense industry stronger and more independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. sanctions, imposed on Monday over Turkey\u2019s procurement of Russia\u2019s advanced S-400 system, are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2020\/12\/03\/turkey-sanctions-over-s-400-made-mandatory-in-defense-bill\/\" target=_blank>a U.S. law known as CAATSA<\/a>, which are aimed at pushing back on Russian influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move is the first time that the law has been used to penalize a U.S. ally. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/breaking-news\/2020\/08\/12\/congress-has-secretly-blocked-us-arms-sales-to-turkey-for-nearly-two-years\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Turkey1_Marines.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congress has secretly blocked US arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Four key members of Congress, either individually or collectively, have quietly frozen all major U.S. arms sales to Turkey for nearly two years.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They target Turkey\u2019s Presidency of Defense Industries, Ismail Demir and three other senior officials. The penalties block any assets the four officials may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar their entry into the U.S. They also include a ban on most export licenses, loans and credits to the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe real aim (of the sanctions) is to block the progress that we have made lately in the defense industry and to make us once again strictly dependent on (the United States),\u201d Erdogan said. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/10\/25\/trump-administration-slams-nato-ally-turkey-for-test-firing-s-400-air-defense-system\/\" target=_blank>the S-400 issue<\/a>, they would have used other issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan added: \u201cWhat will happen now? We will work twice as hard as in the past to make our defense industry independent in all aspects and to hasten projects undertaken by our Presidency of Defense Industries. We will provide even greater support to our defense industry companies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2019\/07\/17\/turkey-officially-kicked-out-of-f-35-program\/\" target=_blank>kicked Turkey out of its F-35 stealth jet program<\/a>, saying their use alongside the Russian technology would jeopardize the safety of the fighter jets. Washington also says the Russian system wouldn\u2019t be interoperable with NATO systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey had insisted that the Russian technology is no risk to NATO systems because they wouldn\u2019t be integrated into defense strategies involving the S-400s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdogan on Mondays reiterated Turkey\u2019s position that Ankara wasn\u2019t offered the U.S. Patriot systems, leaving it with no other option but to buy the Russian system for its national security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States says talks on a potential Patriot deal failed over Turkey\u2019s insistence on technology transfer rights that would have allowed it eventually to make the missiles themselves. This ran against U.S. manufacturers\u2019 propriety interests in addition to any national security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey took delivery of the S-400 missiles in the summer of 2019 and tested them for the first time in October. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. sanctions, imposed on Monday over Turkey\u2019s procurement of Russia\u2019s advanced S-400 system, are part of a U.S. law known as CAATSA, which are aimed at pushing back on Russian 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