Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday hailed an agreement signed with Spain to purchase Hürjet training fighter jets from Türkiye, describing the agreement as evidence of his nation’s “pioneering role” in the field of defence and aviation industries.
According to official Turkish sources, the agreement signed this week provides for the purchase by the Spanish Air Force of 30 of these aircraft for an estimated 2.6 billion euros.
"Most recently, the agreement we concluded with Spain confirmed our country’s pioneering role in this field,” Erdoğan stated at an event in İstanbul on Saturday.
"The acquisition of Hürjet by a country that is both a member of the European Union and NATO will improve Türkiye's opportunities in the years to come," Erdoğan added.
The Secretary of the Defence Industries Agency of Türkiye, Haluk Görgün, described this agreement on Tuesday as much more than a simple aircraft sale.
Görgün emphasised the deepening cooperation between Türkiye and Spain in the fields of defence industry and advanced technologies, stating, "This is not merely an agreement about a training aircraft. It is a complete package that encompasses ground systems, simulation systems, maintenance and support services, as well as a cooperation model."
In recent years, Türkiye has gradually expanded its exports in the defence industry, particularly unmanned aerial vehicles it has sold to several countries.
According to Erdoğan, these exports, which amounted to 248 million dollars (211 million euros) in 2002, reached 9.8 billion dollars (8.3 billion euros) in 2025.