Overview

• On July 23, the Bundessicherheitsrat approved Turkey’s 2023 request for 40 Tranche-4 Eurofighter Typhoons and formally notified Ankara to proceed with its order.
• Production will take place in the UK with German-supplied components, requiring Berlin’s consent under the four-nation Eurofighter consortium agreement.
• Turkey pledged to employ the jets solely for NATO missions and not against alliance partners, a commitment communicated to both Ankara and Athens.
• Negotiations in London and Ankara are advancing on finalizing pricing, technical configurations, technology-transfer terms and an inspection-and-test schedule by year-end.
• Critics in Israel and human rights organizations have warned that the sale could exacerbate regional tensions; Turkey considers the Eurofighters a stopgap until its homegrown Kaan jet enters service in 2028.