Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in an exclusive interview with CBS News this week that his government intends to defy the U.S. and go ahead with the purchase of another Russian-made anti-aircraft missile defense system.
"I explained everything to President Biden," Erdogan said in an interview taped Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, claiming that America's refusal to sell Turkey the U.S.-made Patriots system as an alternative had led his government to purchase the Russian system instead. The U.S. has disputed this claim.
This is just one of many irritants in the relationship between the U.S. and Turkey, which remains a key power in the Middle East and a NATO member. As a presidential candidate, Mr. Biden told The New York Times' editorial board inthat Erdogan was "an autocrat," and cited his expansive powers and abuse of power. Erdogan seemed to brush off the criticism.
"It's including financial and equipment support, the ammunitions, the vehicles and the weapons there would have been transferred to us. But such things have unfolded that the exact opposite happened," Erdogan said.
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