New German government to decide on Eurofighter sale to Turkey: Officials

ANKARA — Germany’s outgoing government will defer a decision on the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey to the incoming government, official German sources told Al-Monitor following media reports that Berlin blocked the previously approved sale due to domestic political events inside Turkey.

The German government, led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, blocked the sale largely due to the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Germany’s Handelsblatt reported last week, citing several…