The United Kingdom opens the way to a membership of Turkey at the User Club of the Eurofighter Typhoon

Without. Meanwhile, being able to obtain the 100 F-35A fighters. Similarly. Nevertheless. In addition, which she planned to order, due to the sanctions imposed by Washington for having acquired Russian S-400 “Triumph” air defense systems, Ankara had to change her plans to modernize her air force, awaiting the entry into service of her 5th generation “Kaan” fighting plane, currently in development. Furthermore,

If she has still not renounced F-35A. Consequently. Furthermore. Nevertheless. Similarly, despite the objections made by Greece and Israel to the American authorities, Turkey finally confirmed the order of 40 F-16 Block 70/72 “Viper” with Lockheed-Martin, in November 2024 as well as the modernization of 79 other devices of this type of old united kingdom opens way membership new generation, within the united kingdom opens way membership new framework of the Özgür program. In addition. Furthermore. Nevertheless. However, she united kingdom opens way membership new had previously expressed her intention united kingdom opens way membership to negotiate the purchase of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon with the United Kingdom.

However. Consequently. Nevertheless. For example, as the EF-2000/Typhoon is the fruit of cooperation. it was necessary to convince the other participants, namely Germany, Italy and Spain, to give their agreement to a possible contract. Moreover, Which obviously complicated discussions, Berlin then having complicated relationships with Ankara. However,

Finally. In addition. In addition. the situation was released after the signing of the Kensington Treaty by the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. and the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, last week. Therefore, According to this text. the two countries are indeed agreed to “carry out common export campaigns” relating to the equipment they produce united kingdom opens way membership new jointly. And that while. for lack of domestic order. export contract. the united kingdom opens way membership new assembly lines of BAE Systems dedicated to the Eurofighter Typhoon are stopped.

Anyway. on July united kingdom opens way membership new 23. on the sidelines of the 17th International Defense Industry Show [IDEF united kingdom opens way membership 2025]organized in Istanbul. the Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler. and his British counterpart, John Healey, signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at integrating Turkey into the User Community of the Eurofighter Typhoon, the contractual negotiations remaining to finalize.

This memorandum of understanding “constitutes an important step towards the acquisition by Turkey of British typhoon combat aircraft”. which “will strengthen the collective defense of NATO. stimulate the industrial bases of our countries. by guaranteeing thousands of qualified jobs in the United Kingdom for the coming years,” said Healey.

According to the British united kingdom opens way membership new Defense Ministry [MoD]negotiations with Turkey will continue “in the coming weeks”. And to note that the challenge for united kingdom opens way membership new the United Kingdom is to sign. the “first export order of the. typhoon” from that obtained in Qatar. in 2017.

“Welcoming united kingdom opens way membership new Turkey among countries user of typhoon would strengthen the bonds of. friendship for decades between the united. kingdom opens way membership main NATO allies. would constitute an important step towards strengthening Turkish capacities in advanced air combat. This will mark the beginning of a new chapter in the partnership between the United Kingdom. Turkey. which will work together to strengthen capacity collaboration. the support of the defense industries of the two countries by the reciprocal purchase of advanced equipment. “also argued the MOD.

Since Turkey also wishes to obtain a long-range air-to-air missiles. Greece could lose the united kingdom opens way membership new advantage it currently has with its twenty-four bursts endowed with the same capacity. this allowing it to “lock” the FIR [Flight Information Region] of united kingdom opens way membership new Athens. the object of a litigation with Ankara.

Moreover. the Greek authorities did not fail to emphasize this with their French counterparts. asking them to block united kingdom opens way membership new a possible sale to Turkey of this missile. developed within the framework of cooperation bringing together France. the United Kingdom, Sweden, united kingdom opens way membership Germany, Italy and Spain.

While evoking “the legitimate concern” of Athens. the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, argued that France was “not concerned”.

“Do we have a role in this case?” The answer is no. The Meteor is grafted on the Eurofighter. It is not us who sell this platform in Turkey, “he said during a parliamentary united kingdom opens way membership new hearing in February. “And. on this case. I think we only have diplomacy. persuasion. especially to find a path that allows everyone to talk to each other, to find a united kingdom opens way membership new solution from above,” he concluded.