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Presidency comms director Altun refutes Bild report claiming Turkey scrapped S-400 deal
Presidency Communications Director Fahrettin Altun on Friday refuted a report by a German daily claiming Turkey has decided against the purchase of the Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems.
- Daily Sabah
Bild’s foreign policy editor Julian Röpcke on Friday tweeted a “scoop,” saying, “Diplomatic sources tell @BILD, Erdogan will not buy the S-400 from Russia.”
The German journalist added a link to Bild’s report titled “Erdoğan makes a surprising missile back-out.”
Responding to Röpcke, Altun told him that their sources “are mistaken.”
“Take it from…