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- Turkey says purchase of Russian S-400s 'a must', slams US for acting 'like in cowboy movies'
Ankara has indicated it will not bow to US demands to terminate deal with Russia over S-400 missile defense systems, calling on fellow NATO member Washington to abandon its "language of threats."World News - 'We see the games they play': Erdogan says Ankara won't bow to US
Ankara won't bow before those who set up their "own order by exploiting the world" and make Turkey their "strategic target," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, referring to the US amid a deepening diplomatic rift.World News - Detained pastor case important for midterms, so US will ramp up sanctions on Turkey – ex-envoy
Pastor Andrew Brunson’s fate is important to evangelical voters in the looming midterm elections in November, so Washington may impose more sanctions on allied Ankara, a former Turkish envoy to the US says.World News - ‘We are not going to take it sitting down’: Trump on detention of US pastor in Turkey
US President Donald Trump has vowed to take new steps to free an American pastor detained in Turkey, stating that “we haven’t seen the last of it.” Pastor Andrew Brunson has been held by Ankara since 2016.US News - Turkey vows business as usual with Iran despite US sanctions
Ankara says it remains committed to energy contracts with Tehran despite the risk that renewed US sanctions against Iran could make Turkish firms a target.Business News - Why Washington and Ankara won’t go cold Turkey
The extraordinary war of words this week between Washington and Ankara points to an ineluctable conclusion: the US has decided to get heavy with Turkey to bring it into line.
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