the military agreement signed by the heads of staff of the two countries allows for the
temporary deployment of up to 36 qatari military aircraft and up to 250 personnel to turkey
we can say that one of the reasons for the agreement between turkey and qatar is that qatar
will bring and deploy these rafale aircraft which were purchased from france to turkey
explained gulu stan mp kylie's kazi agent while commenting on the terms of the agreement
under discussion at the foreign affairs committee
turkish air force will train with french-made qatari daso rafale jets against the greek military
which has upgraded its air force capabilities with rafale fighters recently acquired from its
ally france nordic monitor has learned according to documents obtained from turkey's parliamentary
committee one of the reasons for turkey's push to reach a military training deal with qatar was to
familiarise its air force with the capabilities of the rafale fighter jet in an effort to deal
with the perceived threat by the greek air force in the aegean and mediterranean seas
greece is taking a position to challenge us both in the eastern mediterranean and on our borders
by buying rafale jets from france he added qazi ajit urged a diplomatic approach to resolving
differences rather than entering into military deals with other countries including qatar ahmed
nalavikos a lawmaker from the main opposition republican peoples party chp and a former
ambassador praised the agreement describing it as a smart move by the turkish military
our air force supplies of fighter jets differ from one another of course
no one knows this better than the ministry of defense
that's why i feel the extraordinary intelligence displayed by the officers here commented avicos
he said it was clear that the agreement would allow the turkish air force to develop combat
capabilities against the french greek jets in the event of a future conflict so we will not bring
the french aircraft that got our uses into our territory and train the pilots but we will receive
training the intelligent mind behind this should be applauded i'm very happy with this he said
it is not clear how this will happen and what are the terms of the sales agreement between
qatar and france regarding the deployment of rafale.js to third countries and the
training of pilots from those countries it is possible that qatar needs approval from france
the agreement requires one turkish pilot to be present on each qatari plane in a similar case
in 2017 the u.s rejected a turkish proposal to use pakistani pilots to train turkish
pilots in f-16 fighter jets following a government purge of 680 of the 1300
pilots in the turkish air force leading to a huge fighter shortage
although turkey and france are nato allies the two
countries have diverged on a number of foreign policy issues in recent years
president recep tayyip erdogan criticized french president emmanuel macron on many occasions and
insulted him viciously in october 2020 he publicly said macron needed mental treatment and two months
later he told macron to hand over the port city of marseille to the armenians if they loved so much
the turkey qatar agreement states that if there is a request from turkey
qatari aircraft will be able to carry turkish ammunition personnel and humanitarian aid
inside and outside turkey indicating that the agreement is not limited to training
the agreement will remain in effect for five years and will be automatically renewed for a period of
one consecutive year unless either party notifies the other party of its intention to withdraw
the qatari air force currently has a fleet of french-made mirage 2000 and rafale aircraft
and has also ordered 36 f-15s from the u.s
qatar also signed a similar pilot training agreement with italy in november 2020 which
stated its intention to purchase the leonardo t346 trainer jet widely used by the italian air force
turkey since 2017 has a military base with about 3 000 troops in qatar led by the qatar
turkey joint forces command established in 2015. in addition turkey and qatar signed a security
protocol for the deployment of turkish police units during the fifa world cup which will be
held in november to december 2022 saudi arabia egypt and the united arab emirates have repeatedly
demanded that qatar close the turkish base which they claim threatens stability in the region