Turkey has been seeking to buy an unknown number of Harrier fighters as a stop-gap measure until the F-35B short take-off/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is ready for Turkish service, Jane’s has learned from reliable Turkish and Western defence industry sources.
Jane’s earlier reported that Turkey had expressed to the United States its interest in purchasing 19-20 of the F-35B STOVL version. This is in addition to the 100 F-35As it already plans to buy from Lockheed Martin.
Turkey first approached the United Kingdom about the purchase of Harriers but then turned to the United States for the AV-8B in the inventory of the US Marine Corps because the aircraft have not been used by the UK armed forces since 2010.
يبدو ان تركيا تسعى لشراء عدد غير معروف من مقاتلات AV-8B Harrier لسد الثغره الى حين تسلمها مقاتلات F-35B ذات الاقلاع القصير والهبوط العمودي STOVL حسبما علم موقع janes من مصادر تركيه وغربيه
كان موقع janes قد اشار سابقا الى اهتمام تركي بشراء 19-20 مقاتله F-35B STOVL بالاضافه الى 100 مقاتله F-35A التي خططت تركيا لشرائها من لوكهيد مارتن الامريكيه
وبالنسبه لمقاتلات Harrier فقد فاتحت تركيا اولا المملكه المتحده قبل ان تتجه الى الولايات المتحده لكون بريطانيا لاتستخدم هذه المقاتلات منذ 2010
http://www.janes.com/article/76200/turkey-seeks-to-buy-harriers-as-an-interim-measure-until-f-35bs-are-ready