[HIGHLIGHTS] Propaganda before the election: Turkey relies on “Kaan” – converted F-16 is Erdogan’s prestige object

Propaganda before the election: Turkey relies on “Kaan’ – converted F-16 is Erdogan’s prestige object. The plane took off for the first time on Tuesday (February 20) The Kaan is also an alternative to the American F-35.

However, Turkey was excluded from the program after it acquired the Russian S-400 air defense system. Now Ankara even has problems buying F- 16 fighter jets from the USA. “Today we witnessed one of the proudest days of the Turkish defense industry,” Erdogan wrote.