Turkey in Boeing deal

Also at the White House, Mr Yilmaz witnessed the signing of a two-and-a-half-billion-dollar deal for Turkey to buy at least twenty-six Boeing-7-3-7s.

Earlier, in what correspondents describe as a snub to the EU, Turkey rejected a similar deal from the European Airbus consortium.

Reports quoting American officials say that the White House was also considering whether to allow a deal for Turkey to purchase up to one-hundred-and-fifty Apache attack helicopters.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service