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.
Turkish firm to sell drones to Ukraine in $69 million deal
Baykar Makina has won a contract to sell six Bayraktar TB2 UAVs to Ukraine.
Turkish ‘brain drain’: Why are defense industry officials ditching their jobs in Turkey for work abroad?
Turkey’s procurement authorities are working to identify why some of the industry’s most talented individuals are migrating to Western countries — an exodus that could stall several indigenous programs.
Dozens working on ‘critical’ Turkish defense programs detained in probe
Turkish officials say 25 engineers working for Aselsan, Turkey’s largest defense company, were detained as part of a government-run probe.
Progress on drone, vehicle engines signals Turkey’s independence from foreign suppliers
The PD170 engine program aims to end Turkey’s dependency on foreign engine suppliers.
Future of Turkey’s indigenous Altay tank in question over foreign involvement
Now that the Altay program has had its Kodak moment, industry sources and experts are questioning the tank's future.
Companies line up to deliver Turkey hundreds of micro drones
The planned drones would be used in homeland security missions like search and rescue, surveillance and reconnaissance, remote sensing and mapping.
Turkey hires 3 companies to build indigenous long-range air defense system
A three-strong team of Turkish companies has been tapped to build the country’s first indigenous long-range air and anti-missile system.
General Electric beats Rolls-Royce to power Turkey’s indigenous fighter jet
Under the deal, the first prototype of the TF-X and an unknown number of initial batches would be powered by the F110 engine.
Turkey defense minister announces timeline for S-400 deployment
This will be the first time a NATO member state deploys the Russian S-400 system.
