Turkey and the United Kingdom sign €9 billion deal to purchase 20 Eurofighter jets

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Turkey and the United Kingdom sign €9 billion deal to purchase 20 Eurofighter jets  Ankara and London signed a preliminary deal for the Eurofighters in July, which are manufactured by a consortium comprising the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain and led by Britain's BAE Systems.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/27/turkey-and-the-united-kingdom-sign-9-billion-deal-to-purchase-20-eurofighter-jets  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Turkey has signed a deal with the UK worth roughly 9 billion euros to purchase 20 Eurofighter

00:08Typhoon jets. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the agreement as a quote,

00:14new symbol of the strategic relationship between the two close allies. And British Prime Minister

00:20Keir Starmer added that the agreement provides the option for the sale of more jets in the future.

00:30Our countries may sit at either end of Europe, but we're strong partners, working more closely

00:57together now than ever before. We're united behind our collective security as NATO allies.

01:05The jets are manufactured by a group of countries, including the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain.

01:12Ankara and London had already signed a preliminary deal for the Eurofighters back in July.

01:17The deal over the summer followed shortly after Germany decided to lift its longstanding

01:22opposition to the sale of the jets to Turkey.

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