The Turkish side proceeded with the acquisition of 40 Eurofighter Typhoons, with the Minister of Defense Yaşar Güler pointing out that Greece had gained air superiority in the Aegean after the purchase of the Rafale.
After the problems in the consultations with Washington, as reported by SKAI, Turkey is looking for alternatives for the supply of fighter jets. Yaşar Güler, answering questions from MPs, said that work is being done on the supply of Eurofighter Typhoon.
Eurofighters are associated with Britain, Spain and Germany. According to Güler, Britain and Spain are already positive about the sale and are trying to convince Germany.
“They tell us that ‘we will solve the problem.’ If the matter goes ahead, we plan to procure 40 Eurofighters. The Spanish and the British have the desire to sell Eurofighters to Turkey,” he said.
Guler said these fighters are on par with the Rafale and have better maneuverability and speed.
“Greece, with the 20 Rafales it acquired, has gained air superiority in the airspace of the Aegean over the Turkish airspace. Thus, it is considered that Turkey, to respond to the Greek Rafale, is making this move and is attempting to buy the European Eurofighters,” the Turkish media reports.
At the same time, Ankara continues to claim 40 new F-16s and modernise its existing F-16s. However, they realises that such a thing takes time to do.
They remembered the Tayfun missiles
Turkish analysts brought the Tayfun missiles back into the discussion. Mesut Hakkı Caşın, a military analyst, said that the Tayfuns “will change the fate of military conflicts. They have a range of 250 and 500 kilometres. When launched, it hits targets in the rear of Greece. It reaches even the Adriatic. If you place them on Izmir and launch them, they go over and hit the targets, and they can’t escape. Do you know what this is? It’s how we get rid of the system that used to tell us, ‘Take this; if you don’t do the other, I won’t give you this’. The Americans used to give us weapons systems for $2 billion. We have given them 2.5 billion dollars, and they are not giving us fighter jets.”
According to the Anadolu Agency, the statements of the Turkish ambassador in London and the Turkish edition of the Bloomberg agency, Turkey and Britain are on the verge of a very large free trade agreement, essentially its update with the aim of expanding it to such an extent that it helps the development of both countries.
According to the Turkish ambassador, the agreement is expected to cover imports and exports of goods, trade in services, investments, and e-commerce. So London and Ankara are developing a defence alliance and a trade alliance as two major states outside the EU.
Source : Greek City Times
