Burak Ege Bekdil
Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.
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Turkey’s Baykar to spend $100 million on Ukraine drone production
Company executives profess to view the war-torn country as a long-term, strategic partner rather than a short-term market.
Turkey Mulling Purchase of Two More AEW&C Aircraft
Turkey’s military and procurement authorities are mulling to exercise a follow-on order option in their airborne early warning and control contract.
US Drone Crashes in Turkey
A US military predator drone crashed Wednesday in southern Turkey, Turkish authorities said.
Turkish Coast Guard Aircraft Race Sees Bigger Competition
Ten new contenders joined a list of 15 companies that had earlier expressed in a Turkish bidding for the acquisition of a Coast Guard aircraft and its systems integration work.
US to Turkey: Secure Syria Border – With US Gear
The United States is pressuring Turkey to secure the least secure piece of its borderline, supporting the idea with provisions of US gear.
Otokar Submits Bid for Turkey’s Indigenous Tank
ANKARA, Turkey —The Turkish company that designed and produced prototypes for what will become Turkey’s first indigenous new generation battle tank, the Altay, has said that it submitted a bid to the Ankara government for the tank’s serial production
15 Firms Bid on Turkey’s Coast Guard Aircraft RFI
The bidders are Sierra Nevada Corp.
Turkey Eyes Indigenous Jet Contract by Mid-2016
Turkish Aerospace Industries hopes to pen a design contract for Turkey’s first indigenous fighter jet in the first half of 2016
Turkey Caught Nearly 1,000 ISIS fighters in 2015
Turkish government officials said security forces have caught nearly 1,000 fighters belonging to the Islamic State
Turkey Seeks Maritime Surveillance Gear for Coast Guard Aircraft
Turkey’s procurement office, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), released a Request for Information (RFI) that launches a competition for to integrate subsystems into a coast guard aircraft for maritime surveillance operations.
