“This will allow us to conduct military and humanitarian operations in every corner of the world,” says president Tayyip Erdogan
The amphibious assault ship was built in Istanbul's Sedef Shipyard by a Turkish-Spanish consortium, based on the design of Spanish light aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I.
But its plans had to change after the United States removed Turkey, a Nato ally, from its F-35 program over Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems in 2019. Turkey then converted TCG Anadolu into a drone carrier.
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