Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday that Ankara would retaliate against potential U.S.
sanctions over its purchase of
Russian defense systems and a natural gas pipeline.
U.S.
Congress has moved to impose sanctions on
Turkey over its purchase of S-400 defense systems from
Russia and related to Russia's TurkStream pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to Turkey.
Asked about the various sanctions against Ankara, Erdogan repeated that the S-400 deal was already completed.