A deadly “terror” attack targeted a Turkish aerospace company in the capital Ankara, government officials say. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. Ankara Kahramankazan facilities. Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people after the attack,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X.
headquarters. After the blast, a person holding a firearm is seen running in what appears to be a parking lot. Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas said he was “saddened” by the attack on , a major defence company. was incorporated into Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology in 1973 in order to reduce the country’s “foreign dependence in defence industry,” according to its website. Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said an investigation has been launched into the attack. Following the attack, the company’s general manager, Mehmet Demiroglu, left a high-profile defence fair early to return to Ankara, state news agency Anadolu reported.