Trump administration to advance $700 million jet engine sale to Turkey despite congressional objections

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from some members of the U.S. Congress, four sources familiar with the matter said, an important gesture to Ankara ahead of a NATO summit there next month.

The engines, produced by General Electric GE.N, will power Turkey’s first indigenous combat jet KAAN, a major project launched in 2016 as part of NATO member Ankara’s...