Post by KenV: Looks like Turkey is yet another nation doubling down on their original poor F-35 purchase decision by buying more F-35s.
There is a downside and partial upside to all of this:
Downside
Shades of the Iran F-14 deal, sell/give them one of your best, government changes and then wish you had them back.
Partial Upside
The way things are going, the Turks may well be the first to put the F-35s to use in a real combat test. Question remaining, who will they be testing them against?