Türkiye will give message to West in May elections: Erdogan

“Türkiye will give a message to the West” by the nation’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, which not solely the West but additionally the Islamic world intently follows, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated.

“The West has plans regarding Türkiye. You are currently viewing the situation of [French President Emmanuel] Macron. What is behind the scenes of Macron’s trip to China? What is the situation in its [France’s] relations with America? Why did Macron go to China?” Erdogan stated in a televised interview on Wednesday.

Turning to a current survey which urged that far-right chief Marine Le Pen would beat Macron if final yr’s presidential elections had been repeated, Erdogan stated, “Le Pen is now ahead of Macron … How did it happen? It means there is a change in the survey results.”

Turkish individuals will give the mandatory reply on May 14, he stated.

“Türkiye will give a message to the West with this election…This country does not look at what the West says, neither when fighting terrorism nor in determining its economic policies,” he added.

Expanding defence business 

Erdogan stated the initiatives within the defence business will proceed.

Speaking concerning the TCG Anadolu, Türkiye’s largest warship and the world’s first unmanned fight aerial car [UCAV] provider, he stated it has enabled Türkiye to come back to “a very different place” on this planet normal.

“We are taking another step. We are now having talks. We will build a bigger one than this,” he added.

The warship was delivered to the nation’s navy on Monday.

Built at Istanbul-based Sedef shipyard, the ship can carry helicopters, drones, land automobiles, gentle plane and personnel.

Turkish Bayraktar TB3 UCAVs, Kizilelma drones, and Hurjet gentle assault plane can land on and take off from the ship.

With a size of 231 metres and a width of 32 metres, the complete load displacement equals to some 27,000 tonnes.

Source: AA