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Drones, Unmanned Boats and Killer Robots Have Made Turkey an Arms-Industry Powerhouse​

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ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey’s two-decade-long project to become a weapons-manufacturing powerhouse is starting to pay off for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey’s low-cost drones helped alter the balance of power in Ukraine’s battle against the Russian invasion and are transforming conflicts around the world. A new crop of Turkish companies is exporting helicopters to the Philippines, a naval corvette to Pakistan, and armored vehicles to Kenya. Turkey has built up its navy to compete with its rival Greece, and is selling patrol boats to 10 different countries.
Mr. Erdogan’s government is pouring $60 billion a year—up from $5 billion in 2002—into an effort to reduce dependence on U.S. and other foreign military suppliers. The private defense industry grew to $11 billion in 2020 from $1 billion in 2002. Arms deals are now one of Mr. Erdogan’s foreign-policy tools of choice, as he uses sales of drones and other weapons to build relationships and further his aspirations of global Turkish influence.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is using weapons sales to build Turkey’s global influence.
PHOTO: VALERIA MONGELLI/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Turkey now makes about 70% of what the Turkish armed forces’ need, up from 30% in the early 2000s, according to the government. Building on the success of its Bayraktar TB-2 drones, its signature military export, Turkey is looking to become a key supplier of other drones including unmanned land, sea and underwater vehicles, officials and executives say.
“It’s clear that conventional things have some limits and we must look for something new and commercial,” said Ismail Demir, the president of Turkey’s Defense Industry Agency and a confidant of Mr. Erdogan. “We thought that it should not be limited to aerial vehicles. It should be land, sea, undersea.”
Turkey ranked 12th in arms exports between 2017 to 2021, behind Israel and Switzerland and ahead of Ukraine and Sweden, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Turkey’s industry is still small compared with arms-selling giants like the U.S., Russia and France, but it has leapt into a new tier since 2001, when it ranked 36th. Its top buyers were Turkmenistan, Oman and Qatar.
Turkey is still dependent on foreign suppliers for big-ticket items like jet fighters and air defenses. Its decision to buy Russia’s S-400 air defense system in 2017 caused the U.S. to impose sanctions on Mr. Demir and expel Turkey from the advanced F-35 jet fighter program.
The Turkish government is currently negotiating with the Biden administration over a deal to buy a new fleet of F-16 fighters, a possible alternative to the F-35, which Turkish and U.S. officials hope could repair their frayed defense relationship.
The Turkish government is developing its own jet fighter, air defenses and tanks, but is still likely years away from deploying those heavy weapons. Mr. Demir said foreign sanctions had added urgency to the push for military independence.

Ismail Demir, the president of Turkey’s Defense Industry Agency, says sanctions have added urgency to the country’s push for independence.
“We know that trying to be independent 100% is not something feasible and logical,” said Mr. Demir. “The key here is, whenever, we need to protect our national interest.”
Though Turkey’s defense sector remains small compared with giants like China, it has outsize influence because of the impact of its drones in recent conflicts. The country’s Bayraktar TB-2 drones have helped push back Moscow’s forces, its proxies and Russian-made technology in at least four different conflicts—Ukraine, Syria, Libya and in Azerbaijan’s conflict with Armenia.
Earlier this year, Ukraine’s military used the drones to rain missiles on Russia’s mobile air defenses and sink its warships in the Black Sea. Ukrainians celebrated the airstrikes in songs.
The TB-2 has given smaller states a low-cost way to gain an edge over more powerful opponents. A fleet of six TB-2 drones and the ground equipment needed to run them costs tens of millions of dollars, rather than hundreds of millions for the U.S.-made Reaper MQ-9.

A Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 combat drone on display at an air base in Lithuania this month.
PHOTO: PETRAS MALUKAS/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

An aerial view of a Ukrainian Bayraktar hitting with missiles a Russian landing vessel at Snake Island, Ukraine, in May.
PHOTO: UKRAINIAN GROUND FORCES//REUTERS
The drones’ fast proliferation around the world has raised fears about arms control and strikes on civilians. Senior U.S. officials raised concerns with the Turkish government last year after the drones were documented in use by the Ethiopian government, including in alleged strikes on civilians. The Turkish government hasn’t confirmed the drones sale to Ethiopia and Turkish officials say they attach humanitarian provisions to sales.
The TB-2 can stay aloft for 24 hours, operated by a remote pilot from as far away as 185 miles, weather permitting. The drones’ long-range cameras and ability to avoid radar make them adept at evading Russian-made air defenses.
“What Bayraktar did was a great advertisement for us,” said Mustafa Orakci, sales director for Elektroland Defense, an Ankara-based company that makes unmanned land vehicles.
At Elektroland’s warehouse on the outskirts of the Turkish capital, 10 vehicles stood recently in ranks awaiting shipment to their new owner, the Bangladeshi government. The machines, designed for transporting unexploded ordnance, look like the Star Wars robot R2-D2, but with a pair of giant off-road wheels for rugged terrain.
A company of just 50 employees, Elektroland is typical of Turkey’s arms industry because it has flourished in the last 15 years with government support.

Elektroland Defense professionals assemble an unmanned ground vehicle at its laboratory in Ankara.

Hancers sit on four rotating tracks and are designed to carry an automatic weapon.
In front of the building, a technician holding a remote control tested a new product, an unmanned land vehicle called Hancer, which sits on four rotating tracks and is designed to carry an automatic weapon.
The robot zoomed around the muddy yard of the factory and climbed over a pile of sand. Across its front was splashed a pattern resembling eyes and fangs.
Turkey’s military sales have come to reflect the country’s shifting foreign relations. Since last year, Mr. Erdogan has sought to restore relations with Middle Eastern rivals including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel after years of fighting an undeclared Cold War for influence in the region.
The thaw in relations with the U.A.E. in particular has proved promising for the Turkish defense industry, according to Mr. Demir and officials from three Turkish defense companies.
Mr. Orakci said Elektroland is preparing to sign a contract to deliver 40 of its vehicles to Calidus, an Emirati military-tech company.
Emirati officials also expressed interest in buying unmanned surface boats from Turkey, sending over a list of specifications for a potential purchase, according to people familiar with the matter. Analysts say the boats could be useful for naval vessels needing escort through contentious waters, such as the Strait of Hormuz.

A model of the Turkish-made Yonca-Onuk MRTP 34 on display at a seminar in Pakistan in 2016.
PHOTO: SHAHZAIB AKBER/EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK
One company developing unmanned boats is Yonca-Onuk JV, headquartered in the docklands on Istanbul’s Asian side. The company, which is best known for selling patrol boats to Qatar, Egypt, and Georgia, envisages its unmanned craft carrying out reconnaissance and armed missions with fewer risks to navy and coast-guard personnel.
Behind the building, bobbing in the dark waters next to a towering container ship is a prototype of the company’s unmanned boat called the Sancar. Powered by a diesel engine, the boat can run at a speed of 10 knots for up to 40 hours, said Yavuz Uras, the company’s general manager.
“That’s the strategy. We build our own and then sell to other countries,” said Mr. Uras.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also led to a boom for sections of the Turkish defense industry.
In the small town of Yozgat on the Anatolian planes about a hundred miles east of Ankara, workers buzzed throughout the sprawling campus of Garanti Kompozit, a company that makes military-grade protective gear, sewing and packing body armor and helmets for the Ukrainian military.

Employees sew bulletproof vests at a Garanti Kompozit factory in Yozgat city.

A worker weighs bulletproof plates to be used in vests ahead of shipping them to Ukraine at Garanti Kompozit factory.
Shortly after the Russian invasion in February, Ukraine sent a massive order: tens of thousands of sets of armor, immediately, said the company’s chairman, Hüseyin Yazar.
The company ramped up production, hiring an additional 120 employees to bring its workforce to around 1,200. Mr. Yazar said the company had dispatched between 80,000 and 100,000 sets of armor to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.
“We’re working at capacity,” said Mr. Yazar, striding across his factory floor amid the whir of sewing machines.
A few weeks into the war, Ukrainian officials contacted the company asking for a “special set” of armor for a muscular, fairly short man, Mr. Yazar said.
A few weeks later, Mr. Yazar was watching a Turkish TV news broadcast on the war in Ukraine and spotted the mystery client wearing the armor on his chest: Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky.
“I felt proud,” said Mr. Yazar.

Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelensky visited the front line in Donetsk region in February.
PHOTO: UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S OFFICE/ZUMA PRESS
Write to Jared Malsin at [email protected]

Thank you Mustafa27

Ripley said:

Thank you Mustafa27

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aww

Lool said:

Mate, this is their national garment ffs! Even Indians on state-official visit wear similar garments
Gulf monarchies and persians also have their own national garments as well
The reason for why you are making fun of such things is just ridiculous

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Honestly good on them for wearing their own stuff.

I know people mock this stuff but nearly everybody wears suits. Its really getting boring.

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Indonesia collaborates with Turkey on UAV-mounted air-to-surface missiles​

Indonesia has formed a teaming arrangement with a Turkish defence research organisation to develop a new type of modular air-to-surface missile that can be deployed on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The teaming involves engineers from Indonesia's Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) and Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey's (TUBITAK's) Defence Industries Research and Development Institute (SAGE), according to presentation materials provided to Janes by a source close to the matter. The presentation was made at an industry webinar on 14 July.

According to the materials, BPPT and SAGE are working on a modular air-to-surface missile type that can be configured for various mission sets, from anti-ship operations to ground-attack missions. The sensors and payloads of the missile will be interchangeable, even on short notice.

The objective of the collaboration is to equip Indonesia's indigenously developed medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV with surface strike capabilities, the presentation materials added.

According to this news Algiers have purchased TB2 drones from Turkey.
Also in the meantime, the Algerian Bayraktar Crew had been taking training for quite sometime.
There is a fine line about keeping a good balance between Morocco and Algiers in these sales.

Mr Temel Kotil: "We are experiencing an explosion in demand (unmanned aerial vehicles). We are negotiating with our government on time for delivery. We need to produce more. We are doing its work"

Cabatli_53 said:

Mr Temel Kotil: "We are experiencing an explosion in demand (unmanned aerial vehicles). We are negotiating with our government on time for delivery. We need to produce more. We are doing its work"

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Good to see that TAI is also seeing increased demand despite being overshadowed with TB2, Akinci and MIUS these days. ANKA and Aksungur are formidable platforms yet maybe too expensive for most of Turkey's customers.

Putin 'proposed to have a Turkish drone factory built in Russia'​

Erdogan reportedly revealed his proposal to colleagues while claiming Bayraktar TB2 maker Baykar is establishing a plant in the UAE

A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drone during a presentation at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on 6 July 2022 (AFP)
By
Ragip Soylu
in
Ankara
Published date: 26 July 2022 11:27 UTC | Last update: 25 mins 46 secs ago

Turkish drone maker Baykar has reportedly established a production facility in the UAE and Russia’s Vladimir Putin also wanted to set up a similar facility in Russia, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to CNN Turk, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told colleagues at a top party meeting on Monday that Putin had approached him during a recent meeting in Tehran to suggest a deal with Turkish firm Baykar to produce its attack drones, which have proved effective against Russian forces in Ukraine.
“Putin told me that he wants to work with Baykar,” Erdogan reportedly said. “He proposed to establish a factory in Russia as [Bayakr] has done in the UAE.”
A Baykar spokesperson denied that the company had established a factory in the UAE. The spokesperson declined to comment on the Russian proposal.
However, a source with knowledge of the issue said Baykar was indeed in the process of establishing a production line in the UAE.
Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 drones had a proven track record of success against several adversaries in conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh. But they had not been used against an army with sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities and state-of-the-art air defence systems until the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
So far they have proved extremely effective in combating Russian troops deployed deep inside Ukrainian territory.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov revealed last month that Ukraine has received 50 armed drones from Turkish arms company Baykar since Russia's 24 February invasion.

Glass🚬 said:

Putin 'proposed to have a Turkish drone factory built in Russia'​

Erdogan reportedly revealed his proposal to colleagues while claiming Bayraktar TB2 maker Baykar is establishing a plant in the UAE

A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drone during a presentation at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Siauliai, Lithuania, on 6 July 2022 (AFP)
By
Ragip Soylu
in
Ankara
Published date: 26 July 2022 11:27 UTC | Last update: 25 mins 46 secs ago

Turkish drone maker Baykar has reportedly established a production facility in the UAE and Russia’s Vladimir Putin also wanted to set up a similar facility in Russia, it emerged on Tuesday.
According to CNN Turk, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told colleagues at a top party meeting on Monday that Putin had approached him during a recent meeting in Tehran to suggest a deal with Turkish firm Baykar to produce its attack drones, which have proved effective against Russian forces in Ukraine.
“Putin told me that he wants to work with Baykar,” Erdogan reportedly said. “He proposed to establish a factory in Russia as [Bayakr] has done in the UAE.”
A Baykar spokesperson denied that the company had established a factory in the UAE. The spokesperson declined to comment on the Russian proposal.
However, a source with knowledge of the issue said Baykar was indeed in the process of establishing a production line in the UAE.
Baykar’s Bayraktar TB2 drones had a proven track record of success against several adversaries in conflicts in Libya, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh. But they had not been used against an army with sophisticated electronic warfare capabilities and state-of-the-art air defence systems until the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
So far they have proved extremely effective in combating Russian troops deployed deep inside Ukrainian territory.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov revealed last month that Ukraine has received 50 armed drones from Turkish arms company Baykar since Russia's 24 February invasion.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-bayraktar-drone-factory-russia-putin-proposed

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This is at good at all
Like truly not good at all


The fact that Putin himself is admitting how potent and effective Turkish drones are isnt good at all
Erdogan is literally pushed to a corner and the ball is in his field rn; how will he play the ball is yet to be seen

And a production facility in the UAE isnt a good move at all FFS; how on earth did they accept such a shitty deal

Lool said:

This is at good at all
Like truly not good at all


The fact that Putin himself is admitting how potent and effective Turkish drones are isnt good at all
Erdogan is literally pushed to a corner and the ball is in his field rn; how will he play the ball is yet to be seen

And a production facility in the UAE isnt a good move at all FFS; how on earth did they accept such a shitty deal

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Baykar is not Erdogan.

Huelague said:

Baykar is not Erdogan.

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Trust me when I say that they are one and the same

Erdo and Baykar are 2 sides of the same coin. Baykar himself is his son-in-law and the AKP is giving a lot of previliges for Baykar while Baykar is using their weapons as a political tool for the AKP to spread Turkey's influence internationally


If Baykar and Erdo werent the same, then Baykar would have never accepted building a company in the UAE; that alone is dangerous as Fq!

And I must say that Iam surprised about how Putin sucked up his Soviet pride and admitted how potent turkish drones are to the point of wanting to manufacture them in Russia. Tbh, this isnt a good sign and I hope that Erdo doesnt agree to such a shitty deal since a lot of Ukrainian engineers are leaving their cpuntry and are working in Turkey which aids its defense industry a lot especially the engine industry

So Putin tries another S-400. We bought that crap and got kicked from F-35. If we accept this, Baykar will lose all the credits he built.

hasanrize said:

So Putin tries another S-400. We bought that crap and got kicked from F-35. If we accept this, Baykar will lose all the credits he built.

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I’m pretty confident that Baykar will never accept such deal.