Killer drones and multi-billion dollar deals: Turkey's rapidly-growing defense industry is boosting its global clout

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Killer drones and lucrative deals: Turkey's growing defense industry is boosting its global clout

Turkey's revenue from overseas defense exports rose by 42% between 2020 and 2021, with foreign contracts making up as much as 90% of revenue for some companies.

The industry transformation has its roots in the early 2000s, when Ankara outlined a strategy to build a modern and self-sustained defense sector. Drones aren't the only thing elevating Turkey's status as a growing player in the global defense industry. The sheer number of international deals the country's defense firms have made in the last few years reveals rapidly rising demand, major R&D investment and a growing source of leverage for Turkey's foreign relations.– a figure larger than some European countries' annual defense budgets.

The sales bolster Turkey's clout in the Gulf states and Europe, too. At IDEX, the Middle East's largest arms fair held in February in Abu Dhabi, Turkey's presence was impossible to miss. Enormous Turkish-branded pavilions showcased everything from armored trucks and drones to assault rifles, tactical gear and laser-guided missiles.

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As a result of the irrational sanctions of the USA and Europe, Türkiye evaluated the alternatives and succeeded.

Who better placed than Natasha who has pro gulf kings and pro kremlin biases to comment on turkish drones? can you feel racism?

Teröristlerin Katili akıllı cihazlar.Terörü sonlandıran akıllı cihazlar Türkiyenin gücü ile Devletlerin gücünü artırdı.Suriyede Irakta Azerbaycanda Libyada Ukrayna da masumlar korundu

Does NATO dictate where they can be sold?

Turkish drones have accomplished great things not only in Ukraine also in Syria, Libya and Karabakh.

AI is the next key role of future war, But it is also a very dangerous X factor.

After 2014, Ukraine tried to purchase drones from various Countries, but only Turkey was willing to sell Drones to Ukraine. They are cheap and do their Job.

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