Turkey froze procurement of helicopters in Italy

Turkey has suspended the transaction for the purchase of helicopters from the Italian company Leonardo volume of 70 million euros after a diplomatic scandal between countries. This was written on Sunday two major editions of La Repubblica and Il Fatto quotidiano.

According to public information, the Turkish authorities require official apologies from the government and are not going to be content with clarifications on diplomatic channels.

So, currently frozen a deal of 70 million euros for the purchase of training helicopters, which was supposed to be signed in the coming days. Also, three other Italian companies received warnings, including the major energy ANSALDO ENERGIA, building a power plant in Turkey.