Your forget two things, Catfish.
First, temporary stops of arms deliveries there have been nefore, in the past decades. And they all got continued sooner or later. Turkey is a "NATO partner". Turkey is "a friend". Turkey is "needed" . And our beloved great leader, the great Angela Merkel, has lead Europe and Germany much deeper into dependency from Erdoghan than one wouldd have imagined before 2015.
Second, the article you linked to, is over 4 weeks old -
but Denis Yücel meanwhile got released. According to diplomats' logic this means: now its Germany's turn to do something for Erdoghan. For we must improve ties and keep on talking, talking, talking. There is nothing that cannot be negotiated about, have you already forgotten? Also, there is pressure from Washington on Germany to play nicely with Erdoghan.
That is the same Washington that over half a century ago blackmailed an unwilling Germany to accept a Gastarbeiter-agreement with Turkey that at
that time nobody in Germany wanted. The Turks where the last ones arriving, in the years before other nations and Germany signed such treaties: Spain, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece. Thjese were the ones Germany wanted - but Turkey was not wanted by Germany: the SPD (yes, the SPD...
) said the cultural gap could not be bridged and that Turkey is not compatible with Western values. Washington wanted that treaty nevertheless, for it was Turkey's price for accepting further American missiles on its territory, stationed in Turkey: "Tell the Germans to comply with our demand to unload our loads of poor Anatolians onto them, or you can base your damn missiles somewhere else!" And so Washington showed the post-war Germans who was in ultimate command.
A story not often told, and mostly forgotten and ignored, most do not know it. But its true.
Erdoghan will get his Leo-kits and ugrades, and he will get his wanted German assistance for building a Turkish MBT industry. Just give it time. Its politicians you put your trust in. And that should tell you everything you need to know about their iron vows. Politicians will never be something else than just politicians.