Türkiye, UK Seal £8 Billion Fighter Jet Deal

Ankara’s £8 billion Eurofighter purchase signals a return to Western interoperability and a new phase in the regional airpower race reshaping post-Gaza security economics

The region is rearming under fiscal stress and strategic ambiguity. Türkiye’s Eurofighter purchase shows how military alignment has become both an economic and geopolitical necessity. After years of balancing between Moscow, Beijing, and Washington, Ankara is restoring interoperability with NATO’s command structure to secure deterrence across multiple t…