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By Burak Ege Bekdil
ANKARA, Turkey — A top Turkish official confirmed that the country will go ahead with a planned purchase of 15 KT-1T basic trainer aircraft from South Korea.
Turkish Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz said the government decided to buy a follow-on order of 15 KT-1Ts as a stop-gap solution to meet its trainer aircraft needs.
He said a Turkish program for the design, development and production of an indigenous basic trainer aircraft, the Hurkus, would progress as planned.
"We have concluded that we need the KT-1Ts until Hurkus' development phase has been completed," Yilmaz said.
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