I don't think the project has been stopped, but it'll take some while before they get their shit together. They started to build a factory without there being a contract. Well....
Guys i have a question. A lot of people are against BMC and rheimental getting the tender, because the tank would not be fully domestic. But aren't most sub components produced by MKEK Roketsan and Aselsan anyway? I mean, BMC is mostly going to do assembly, so it will still be in our own hands.
Turkey has lost in Syria and has almost no leverage on her rivals. So Erdogan is probably transform it into some kind of fake victory and blame everything on CIA.