Burak Ege Bekdil
Turkey has officially accused the United States and Germany of imposing an arms embargo against the country.
Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli has said that “several U.S. and German companies” were implementing a “covered” [indirect] arms embargo on Turkey.
He said those U.S. and German producers were either halting shipments of spare parts of weapons systems to Turkey, or deliberately delaying them.
A senior Turkish diplomat dealing with NATO matters confirmed that some Turkish requests for systems and subsystems have not been addressed by the U.S. and Germany.
“These are systems we need in our fight against terror organizations,” he said, without further elaborating.
A European industry source said that British and French manufacturers could be looking to replace U.S. and German companies in the Turkish market.
http://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2017/09/25/turkey-accuses-us-germany-of-arms-embargo/
