Njenge-US-igalikuni Ubudlelwano buwohloka ngokuqhubekayo mayelana nezivumelwano zezikhali, uMongameli waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan ukhiphe usongo olucashile lokuthi i-Ankara ingase icabangele kabusha ukuthengwa kwe-100. Boeing izindiza zabagibeli, ngenkathi inxusa i-United States ukuthi ibe "nengqondo" ngezijeziso ezingase zibe khona ngokumelene neTurkey.
“Ngisho noma singawatholi ama-F-35, sithenga izindiza ezithuthukisiwe eziyi-100 ze-Boeing, isivumelwano sisayinwe… Okwamanje, enye yezindiza ze-Boeing isifikile futhi siyakhokha, singamakhasimende amahle,” u-Recep UTayyip Erdogan uthe e-Ankara ngoLwesihlanu, wengeza ngokuthi "uma izinto ziqhubeka kanjalo, kuzofanele sicabange kabusha lolu daba."
Umbango oqhubekayo phakathi kwe-Ankara neWashington mayelana nezinhlelo ezicitshwayo ze-S-400 ezenziwe eRussia usuvele uholele ekumisweni kokulethwa kwezindiza zempi ze-F-35 eTurkey ngomzamo wokuyicindezela ukuba isiyeke isivumelwano. I-US isho kaningi ukuthi izikhali ezenziwe eRussia zilimaza ukuphepha kwe-NATO futhi zingase zibeke engcupheni ama-F-35 uma bobabili besondelana.
ITurkey, nokho, isibonile isivumelwano - ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iqoqo lokuqala lezinhlelo ezenziwe eRussia lafika. Ukulethwa kuholele ekutheni uNobhala Wezwe laseMelika uMike Pompeo anxuse i-Ankara ukuthi inganikezi ama-S-400 "asebenze" - noma izobhekana nezinye unswinyo.
Kodwa-ke, u-Erdogan waseTurkey umemezele ukuthi ukuthunyelwa kwe-S-400 kuzohamba ngokuvumelana nesimiso futhi izinhlelo zizoba ku-inthanethi ngo-April 2020, ngemva kwayo yonke imisebenzi edingekayo yomhlangano nokuqeqeshwa kwezisebenzi. Ngaphandle kokucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuchithwa kwezivumelwano ze-Boeing, u-Erdogan wafunga ukuthi "uzosebenzisa ngokugcwele" izinhlelo zokulwa nezindiza ngemuva kokungena ku-inthanethi.
Usongo olubhekiswe ku-Boeing lungaba lubi kakhulu - enkampanini, okungenani - uma kubhekwa inani lezindiza eziyalwe yi-Ankara. Kusukela manje, inama-oda asebenzayo ezindizeni eziyi-100 ze-Boeing, ezibiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10. Ngo-2013, inkampani ephethe izwe, iTurkish Airlines, yamemezela isinqumo sokuthenga izindiza ezingama-75 '737 MAX', amajethi amisiwe okwamanje ngemuva kwezingozi ezimbili ezibulalayo. Ngo-2018, inkampani yathi izothenga ezinye izindiza ezingama-25 ze-Boeing 787-9. Izindiza eziningi ezintsha zilethwe eTurkey ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Zonke izindiza zihlelelwe ukuthi zilethwe ngo-2023, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi zikhulise kakhulu ukuba khona kwe-Boeing emikhumbi yezindiza zaseTurkey. Umthwali usevele usebenzisa izindiza ezingaba ngu-150 ezikhiqizwe umenzi, kodwa iningi lazo liqashiwe.
