Turkish Airlines announced on Friday a deal to buy up to 225 Boeing jets, one day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his first White House visit since 2019.

The more than two-hour meeting between Erdogan and President Donald Trump raised Ankara's hopes of seeing Washington lift sanctions that since 2020 have blocked it from buying American F-35 fighter jets.

The measures were imposed in retaliation for Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

Speaking to Turkish reporters on his flight home from Washington, Erdogan described a "sincere, constructive and productive atmosphere" during the talks.

But he conceded that "resolving all problems in a single meeting is, of course, impossible".

The Turkish Airlines deal includes 150 confirmed Boeing aircraft to be d

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