Türkiye is "evaluating all options" to boost its air defenses, including purchase of SAMP-T and Patriot systems, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler said on Tuesday.
Güler's remarks came ahead of a historic NATO summit in Ankara next week.
The defense chief said NATO is adjusting to a shifting security landscape and the United States is not seeking to leave the alliance.
Türkiye will host 32 NATO leaders, as well as officials from the Gulf and Asia-Pacific region, on July 7-8, amid tensions within the alliance over burden-sharing, defense spending, and U.S. complaints about allies' lack of involvement in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Güler said the summit would focus on bloc unity, evaluating allies' increased defense spending, bolstering defense industry cooperation and increasing support for Ukraine.
