Turkey’s growing defense market is improving its international influence

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Turkey's growing defense industry is boosting its global clout

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A Turkish is on view throughout a discussion at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on July 6,2022 Lithuania on July 6, 2022 showed a crowdfunded Turkish- made Bayraktar TB2 fight military drone that it prepares to send out to Ukraine to assist the war-torn nation battle Russia’s intrusion.

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In the early weeks of Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine, a video emerged online.

It included clips of rocket launchers and Russian tanks in a drone’s crosshairs, as deep-voiced males sang the words in Ukrainian: “The occupiers came to us in Ukraine, with brand new uniforms and military vehicles, but their inventory melted into steel … Bayraktar!”

The last word drops as a surge is seen eliminating a Russian target.

The video rapidly went viral, the tune written as an homage to the effective Turkish- made Bayraktar TB-2 drone that assisted Ukrainian forces ravage Russia’s preliminary offensive. The now-famous drone is produced by Istanbul- headquartered defense business Baykar Makina– whose primary innovation officer takes place to be Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law.

Drones aren’t the only thing raising Turkey’s status as a growing gamer in the international defense market. The large variety of global offers the nation’s defense companies have actually made in the last couple of years exposes quickly increasing need, significant R&D financial investment and a growing source of utilize for Turkey’s foreign relations.

Record defense exports

Keeping up foreign relations

Supplying NATO, Ukraine and beyond