Cem Küçük makes a bombshell claim about KAAN! 'Initially to Erdoğan...'
Following Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's statement regarding the licensing crisis in engine procurement for the KAAN project, Cem Küçük, speaking on TGRT Haber, claimed that AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had been misinformed about the process.
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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's announcement that the licenses for engines planned to be procured for Turkey's fighter jet project, KAAN, have been suspended by the US continues to remain on the agenda.
Speaking on the Medya Kritik program broadcast on TGRT Haber, known for its proximity to the government, Cem Küçük made noteworthy assessments regarding the issue.
Küçük alleged that AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was also "misinformed" about the process.
90-ENGINE AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE US
Küçük interpreted the background of Hakan Fidan's statement as follows: "An agreement for 90 engines was made for 45 aircraft that will enter the Turkish Armed Forces inventory. This is what Mr. Hakan is referring to. In other words, he is saying, 'This is not being given to us,'" he stated.
Asking, "So what is the reason for the panic here?" Küçük argued that, according to the information he obtained, incomplete or incorrect information was conveyed to Erdoğan at the beginning of the process.
Küçük drew attention with his words: "The problem here, as I have learned, is that President Erdoğan was not informed about this issue in this way. In other words, President Erdoğan also knows that the 45 aircraft will be built with domestic and national engines.
President Erdoğan was not informed at the beginning. Erdoğan did not know about this issue. Erdoğan is being given wrong information. He thought they would all be made with domestic and national engines."
WHAT DID HAKAN FİDAN SAY?
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in response to a question from journalists at the Turkish House in New York, where he was attending the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week, had used the following expressions:
"Currently, there are engines for the F-35 and KAAN that we are expecting to receive. They are being held in the US Congress and their licenses are suspended. Their licenses must be activated and the engines must arrive so that the production of the KAANs can begin. Having restrictions in our relationship with the US will inevitably push us into different searches within the international system."