British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands after signing a deal worth up to '8 billion for 20 UK Typhoon fighter jets, the biggest fighter jet exports deal in a generation, at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP)

Turkey has agreed to buy 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Britain for £8 billion ($10.7 billion), British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said on Monday, according to Reuters.

Starmer met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara to sign the deal, which expands defence cooperation between the NATO allies.

What the deal is about

The agreement confirms plans first discussed in July, when Turkey and Britain signed a preliminary purchase deal for 40 Typhoon jets. That plan was approved b

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