Turkey says to go elsewhere if US won't sell it F-35 jets
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Turkey will go elsewhere if the United States does not allow it to buy Lockheed Martin's F-35 jets, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by broadcaster NTV and other media on Wednesday.
A US Senate committee last week passed its version of a $716 billion defense policy bill, including a measure to prevent Turkey from purchasing the jets, further straining already tense relations between the NATO allies.
Speaking to reporters on a return flight from a visit to Germany, Cavusoglu said there had not yet been any pressure from the US administration to scrap a deal to buy the jets, adding this wasn't an agreement Washington could pull out of as it wished, according to NTV.
Ties between Ankara and Washington have been strained in recent months over a host of issues, including President Donald Trump's decision to move the US Embassy in Israel to contested Jerusalem and US policy in Syria.
