Because of the use of the Russian S-400 missile defense system, the USA is imposing sanctions on its NATO ally Turkey. This is announced by US Secretary of State Pompeo.
The sanctions effect Turkey's Presidency of defense Industries, its president and three employees.
Turkish Foreign Ministry has made a statement about the CAATSA sanction by the USA. The Ministry condemned the sanction decision. In the statement, it is said that Turkey will retaliate.
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"No: 321, 14 December 2020, Press Release Regarding the Sanctions Decisions Announced by the USA Against Our Country. US, S-40o announced today that because of our parts supply air defense systems and condemn the decision,
including unilateral sanctions against Turkey and we refuse. Turkey at the time of the S-400 systems are well known by anyone who refers to supply conditions. Indeed, President Trump himself has delivered a number of occasions on this issue of Turkey's rightfulness.
On the other hand, US claims that the S-400s will create a weakness for NATO systems also lack a technical basis. Besides Turkey, by offering NATO will participate in the establishment of a technical working group for that matter,
a ways away from the political bias of the matter, in an objective and realistic ground it has proposed to be addressed repeatedly. In this respect, the US refusing to accept our proposal to resolve the issue through dialogue and diplomacy in a way that befits the two allies,
and resort to unilateral sanctions is an act devoid of all kinds of permissions. Turkey, on the negative aspects of our relationship will take the necessary steps against this decision, which would inevitably affect, as it deems appropriate and
will be found in the response timing. Turkey will not refrain from taking measures that it deems to be necessary to ensure national security. In this spirit, the United States,
today explained to reconsider this unjust sanctions and invites the grave and wrong to return as soon as possible, as a matter of Turkey in accordance with the alliance spirit, we are prepared to handle through dialogue and diplomacy, we emphasize once again."
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