US Delayed F-16 Sale Until After Turkish Elections in Hope That Erdogan Will Lose, Scholar Says

The US has put the brakes on the provision of F-16 fighters to Turkiye after removing the nation from the F-35 program because Washington is waiting for the results of the Turkish presidential elections on May 14, 2023, Dr. Huseyin Bagci, president of the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute, told Sputnik.