Turkey, Britain sign MoU allowing Ankara to be a user of Eurofighter jets

ISTANBUL - Turkey and Britain have signed a memorandum of understanding to allow Ankara to be a user of Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, in a big step toward securing the procurement of the jets over which Turkey has been negotiating for years.

Turkey has been in talks to purchase 40 of the jets, which are built by a consortium of Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain, represented by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo.

Earlier, the Spiegel magazine reported that Germany had also cleared the way for the delivery of 40 jets to Turkey, following a positive decision by the federal security council.