India wont place an order tbh; as I said, it all boils down to PRIDE!
Just like how Russia never agreed to buy drones from China during the current war since it is percieved that the Russians have better military tech than China (although this war showed the Russian military to be garbage!). The same situation is with India! No nation want to admit that a country that just entered the drone market 5 years ago is taking it by a storm. Some will spout bullshit that Israeli drones are better than Akinci or whatever; but deep inside, we all know which is better
Have you seen recent Chinese articles on Turkish drones? The chinese are furious that the market which the Chinese thought to have conquered, is now under the thumb of Turkey! Hell, Turkey in 5 years only sold as much UAVs to many countries as China did in its 10 years in the drone market and this is just the beginning
More and ore Turkish companies are popping out in such areas and Turkey is leading the drone market by a storm. This is something which nations who are percieved to have "superior" military, like China, Russia, India, Israel etc will never admit no matter what
Well pride, ego (or more mundane internal bureaucracy + politics) plays a role true, but its not so big like you say here...at least in India case.
India imports/collaborates on defence products from countries around the same perceived strength as Turkey or even noticeably weaker for example....
Brazil, South Africa, Ukraine, Singapore come to mind....and there are others too (it depends what you consider a defence product, since many are dual use).
The issue with TR specifically is a political/geopolitical based one that needs to change more (from both sides) to accommodate a greater defence product trade component. These things come specifically when its defence based, as that requires a greater alignment among administrations and bureaucracies to build the trust and networking there (given what defence represents compared to regular activities of a country).
In regular economic trade, India-Turk relationship is overall the world average (relative to their economy sizes and best competitive sectors etc) and even ahead of the average.