Rolls Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkey's state scientific research institute to open an "advanced manufacturing technology center in" Turkey.
Turkey's planned dual-use regional jet program, known as TRJet, now faces a debate over exactly how “Turkish” the aircraft production should be – even before a contract for the deal has been signed.
Turkey has committed to buying 50 TRJet aircraft, the planned dual-use future regional jet that will be developed in country, but the companies producing it aim to sell 2,000 worldwide.
Turkey's critical air bases in the country's south and southeast are becoming a hub in the allied campaign against radical Islamists in Syria and Iraq.