Türkiye is interested in buying “Eurofighter Typhoon” fighters.
An official of the Turkish Defense Ministry announced that Ankara is still interested in purchasing 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighters. |
Fars News Agency International Group; Despite America’s agreement to sell F-16 fighters to Turkey, a Turkish security official announced his country’s interest in buying European Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.
Eurofighter Typhoon is a multi-purpose fighter jet that It is produced by a consortium of Germany, England, Italy and Spain.
According to Reuters, Turkey announced in November 2013 that it is negotiating with England and Spain to purchase the Eurofighter Typhoon. Of course, at that time, Germany had announced its opposition to the sale of these fighters to Turkey.
After Turkey’s final agreement with Sweden’s membership in NATO, the United States expressed its opposition to the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey worth 23 billion The dollar was abandoned, and US President Joe Biden wrote a letter to the heads of Congress about this.
An official of the Turkish Defense Ministry, who did not want to be named, announced that even if the sale of the final F-16 We are still interested (in purchasing the Eurofighter Typhoon) and we expect Germany, a member of the consortium, to have a positive approach in this regard”.
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