Explained: US sanctions targeting the Turkish defence industry

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“I think the US administration is ironically doing its best to push Turkey towards the East by the approval of these sanctions,” says Helin Sari Ertem of Istanbul Medeniyet University

of Russian made S-400 system from Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms export entity, in July last year.

S-400 surface-to-air missile launcher is seen at 'ARMY-2019 International Military and Technical Forum' in Moscow, Russia on June 25, 2019. full blocking sanctions and visa restrictions on the head of SSB Ismail Demir, its vice president Faruk Yigit, Head of the Department of Air Defence and Space Serhat Gencoglu and Program Manager for Regional Air Defence Systems Directorate Mustafa Alper Deniz.

Another financial measure is a ban on US export-import bank assistance for exports to SSB. It requires the United States to oppose loans benefitting SSB by international financial institutions.12 possible sanctions ranging from mild to harsh and so far it has not targeted Turkey's financial institutions, an extreme position the US has taken against its archrivals like Iran and North Korea.

"We will find remedies for this in our own circles. From our point of view, the issue of developing domestic industry will continue, maybe more quickly," Demir said.

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