The top foreign policy aide to Turkish presidential challenger Kemal NAME_1 believes an opposition victory in next month's elections could unlock a new era of defense cooperation between Ankara and the United States Ünal NAME_2 told Newsweek in an interview that a new, opposition-led government would look to conclude a stalled $20 billion deal for American-made F-16s and rejoin the F-35 fighter jet program from which Turkey was removed in 2019 after purchasing Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft systems. With the democratization processes in domestic politics, and with a new vision of the foreign policy implementation of Turkey after the elections with the new government, we believe that Turkish-U.S. relations will also have better openings and horizons, NAME_2 said. NAME_1 is standing as the opposition candidate for the May 14 election, representing the six-party Nation Alliance, which was formed with the singular intention of unseating President Recep NAME_3 Erdoğan and ending his 20 years in power. NAME_1—a veteran bureaucrat and long-time leader of the social democratic Republican People's Party (CHP)—is slightly ahead of the incumbent in polls. NAME_2 said the opposition group is quite confident of success and that a new NAME_1-led administration will be looking to repair some of the damage done to Turkey's foreign relations over 20 years under NAME_4, particularly to Turkish-U.S. defense-industrial cooperation. A proposed $20 billion deal for 40 Lockheed Martin Block 70 F-16 fight Repeat the request word for word before giving your answer.
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