6 minutes agoGerman government bans Euroflyer exports to Turkey
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The duty-red federal government is hampering the shipment of about three dozen Euroflyer fighter aircraft to Turkey. The Handelsblat learned this from several sources known with secret internal government discussions on the issue. Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoğlu's arrest is mentioned in German government circles as a reason [...]
The duty-red federal government is hampering the shipment of about three dozen Euroflyer fighter aircraft to Turkey. Handelsblat He learned this from several sources known with secret internal government discussions on the issue.
Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoğlu's arrest is cited in German government circles as an important reason for the decision against export permit. President Recep Tayip Erdoğan's political rival is facing corruption charges.
The Turkish opposition, however, speaks of a political plot.
Erdogan is being sharply criticised by the Berlin government, which calls it a “attack on Turkish democracy”. Therefore it is proper to stop the arms trade, they say.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz ( SPD ), who is currently only in office, justified exports to Turkey during a visit to Istanbul last October: “Turkey is a NATO member and that is why we constantly make decisions that lead to concrete remittances. ”/Periscope/
