@Altay2071,
Think of it this way:
1 x OPV costs 110 million dollar to build
1 x Milgem Corvette costs 260 million dollar to build
1 x I-Class frigate costs 400million to build.
You have seen how long it took to build 4 Milgem Corvettes.
You’re seeing how long it is taking 4 more I-Class ships to build.
This way we are going to have a ship ready every year after this year. Albeit little under powered and under weaponed. But when we have the means and finance to arm them we will do that very quickly. It is the building of the ships that take time.
Just check out some of the ongoing defence production programs off to the top of my head;
3 billion dollar API submarines
1.5 billion dollar I-Class frigate program
0.5 billion dollar Barbaros frigate modernisation
1 billion dollar TCG Anadolu
6 billion dollar F16-V70 purchase and kits
X billion dollar Ozgur and Aesa modernisation
~1billion dollar Turkish FAC program
~1billion dollar OPV program
2.5 billion dollar Altay tank program
~1billion dollar Firtina 2 howitzer program
3-5 billion dollars air defence systems (just the development of them cost close to a billion dollars.
There are so many more for land forces and weapons for various platforms that are being produced that I can not list here like SOM missiles, HGK and KGK kits. All the UAVs and their development costs.
We are not a cash rich country with abundant oil and gas reserves.
I think considering our financial situation we are not doing too bad.