Monga US-nkhukundembo Ubale ukukulirakulirabe chifukwa cha mgwirizano wa zida zankhondo, Purezidenti Recep Tayyip Erdogan wapereka chiwopsezo chobisa kuti Ankara angaganizirenso zogula zida 100. Boeing ndege zonyamula anthu, pomwe akulimbikitsa United States kuti ikhale "yololera" ndi zilango zomwe zingachitike motsutsana ndi Turkey.
"Ngakhale sitikulandira ma F-35, tikugula ndege 100 zapamwamba za Boeing, mgwirizano wasainidwa ... Pakalipano, imodzi mwa ndege za Boeing yafika ndipo tikulipira, ndife makasitomala abwino," Recep Tayyip Erdogan adati ku Ankara Lachisanu, ndikuwonjezera kuti "zinthu zikachitika chonchi, tiyenera kuganiziranso za nkhaniyi."
Mkangano womwe ukupitilira pakati pa Ankara ndi Washington pa zida zoponyera za S-400 zopangidwa ndi Russia zapangitsa kuti kuyimitsidwa kwa ndege zankhondo za F-35 ku Turkey pofuna kukakamiza kuti asiye mgwirizanowo. US yanena mobwerezabwereza kuti zida zopangidwa ndi Russia zimawononga chitetezo cha NATO ndipo zitha kusokoneza ma F-35 ngati awiriwo ayandikira.
Turkey, komabe, yawona mgwirizanowu - kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, gulu loyamba la machitidwe opangidwa ndi Russia linafika. Kuperekaku kudapangitsa kuti Secretary of State of America Mike Pompeo alimbikitse Ankara kuti asapereke ma S-400 "ogwira ntchito" - kapena adzakumana ndi zilango zambiri.
Komabe, Erdogan wa ku Turkey adalengeza kuti kutumizidwa kwa S-400 kudzapita motsatira ndondomeko ndipo machitidwewo adzakhala pa intaneti mu April 2020, pambuyo pa ntchito zonse zofunika pa msonkhano ndi maphunziro a ogwira ntchito. Kupatulapo kuthekera kosokoneza mgwirizano wa Boeing, Erdogan adalumbira "kugwiritsa ntchito mwachangu" machitidwe odana ndi ndege akapita pa intaneti.
Kuwopseza kwa Boeing kungakhale koopsa - kwa kampaniyo, osachepera - chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa ndege zomwe Ankara adalamula. Pofika pano, ili ndi maulamuliro ogwira ntchito pa ndege 100 za Boeing, zamtengo wapatali pafupifupi $ 10 biliyoni. Mu 2013, wonyamula mbendera wa dzikolo, Turkey Airlines, adalengeza chisankho chogula ndege 75 '737 MAX', ndege zomwe zidayimitsidwa pambuyo pa ngozi ziwiri. Mu 2018, kampaniyo idati igula ma jets 25 a Boeing 787-9. Ndege zingapo zatsopano zidatumizidwa ku Turkey koyambirira kwa chaka chino.
Ndege zonse zakonzedwa kuti ziperekedwe pofika chaka cha 2023, ndipo zikuyembekezeka kulimbikitsa kupezeka kwa Boeing mu zombo za Turkey Airlines. Chonyamuliracho chimagwira kale ndege zokwana 150 zopangidwa ndi wopanga, koma ambiri mwaiwo ndi obwereketsa.
