It takes decades to educate people. As for erdogan its his job to support the defence industry. What is he running the country for? To be a loser and to make sure Turkey loses? Its his job to do good for the nation, its not his job to engage in corruption like Altay/BMC that kills projects.
Why are politicians being worshipped for doing the most basic of things of what they are expected to do? In tribal days, the moment the leader stopped performing he was gone, removed.
Sadly, From the recent events, I myself have got disappointed in Altay project especially after the factory of Karasu wont be built
It seems that the Altay project may never be fulfilled
But I also do know that such setbacks are common in the industry. Why does none talk about South Korea's tanks that experienced setbacks or the US F35 project that was delayed several times, sucked millions of taxpayer money; yet at the end didnt even fulfill the project main goals
Such setbacks are common
What is more improtant is for core projects to proceed smoothly
Things like 1- Crusie missiles
2- Engines
3- Jets
4- Nuclear technology etc...
Iam not saying that the tank isnt crucial tbh
However, many countries that tried to make tanks from scratch always experienced setbacks so I was always expecting a setback even after otokar announced its plans to build it in 2015 or 2016.... that is the norm in tank production it seems
What is unique is that if the tank is actualpy done it will have a national engine, national transmission and turkey will nearly own all rights to it; thus, dealing a massive blow to the germans in retaliation in the long term