In fact, Turkey was initially a production partner in the F-16 project at the very beginning, circa late 1970s.
And also little known is that they and the Israelis have cooperated very closely on remanufacturing and maintaining a big fleet of F-4s.
Of course, that was just before Erdogan.
Excellent! I just wish you had pointed it out sooner. “Turkey has no air-to-air capability.” LOLOL