TR Defence Exports & Updates

[IC3M@N FX]

When international asset management giants like BlackRock appear on the shareholder registries of critical defense contractors, it frequently triggers concerns about foreign subversion. However, a look at the financial architecture proves that BlackRock’s presence is entirely superficial.

• The Size of the Stake: BlackRock holds no strategic, active, or blocking stake in Aselsan. Its position is purely passive and microscopic, generally fluctuating between 0.2% and 0.5% based on algorithmic index rebalancing.
• How it Happens: Aselsan is a publicly traded entity on the Borsa Istanbul (Ticker: ASELS). Roughly 25.8% of the company is traded on the open market as free float. When BlackRock creates global emerging-market ETFs or thematic tech funds, its algorithms automatically purchase a basket of the country’s top-performing blue-chip stocks. Aselsan is bought simply because it is a highly profitable tech asset, not to gain geopolitical leverage.
• Zero Operational Control: BlackRock has no seats on the board of directors, no voting blocks capable of altering corporate policy, and zero input into secret military tenders.

The Iron Wall: Protecting Core Defense Intellectual Property (IP)​

To ensure that international investors remain nothing more than silent passengers on the gravy train, the state has built a multi-layered legal and institutional fortress around its defense sector.

The Foundation: The TSKGV Supermajority​

The ultimate defense mechanism is Aselsan’s ownership core. A massive 74.2% of the company is owned by the TSKGV (Turkish Armed Forces Foundation). The TSKGV is a state-controlled entity whose board consists entirely of top-tier officials from the Ministry of National Defense (MSB) and the SSB. Because the foundation holds an absolute supermajority, it dictates every board appointment and strategic decision. Even if an adversarial foreign entity bought out the entire 25.8% free float on the stock market, they would possess exactly zero voting power to shift the company's trajectory.

Statutory Protection: Law No. 5202​

Under Law No. 5202 on Defense Industry Security (Savunma Sanayii Güvenliği Kanunu), open-market shareholders are treated like any other civilian entity:

• They are legally barred from entering research laboratories, testing grounds, or production lines.
• They have no legal right to view classified project files or technical specifications.
• Every single executive, scientist, and engineer working on core projects must hold a top-secret security clearance (Güvenlik Belgesi) issued by the Ministry of Defense and vetted by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT).

Silo Architecture for Core Technology​

Highly sensitive "Milli" (National) projects—such as the MURAD AESA radar algorithms, BÜRFİS electronic warfare suites, or advanced Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor manufacturing—are digitally and physically isolated from the commercial side of the company.

According to SSB regulations, transferring, licensing, or selling core defense IP to a foreign entity without explicit, written presidential decree is impossible. Any unauthorized leak of source codes or technical documentation is prosecuted not as a corporate infraction, but as high treason and espionage.

To avoid any misunderstanding: the state has several safeguards in place.

 

[Mis_TR_Like]

To avoid any misunderstanding: the state has several safeguards in place.

Do safeguards matter when the government is known to break the law openly? All trust has been eroded

 

[IC3M@N FX]

I don’t know what you’re getting at – 82–83% self-sufficiency in defence by June 2026 is anything but a sell-off of capabilities.
It’s by no means a given that you can go from18–20% to 82–83% in 15-20 Years. To achieve that, you need a great deal of political and strategic staying power.
There are many things one can criticise the current government for, such as its botched interest rate policy or certain moves in foreign and domestic policy. But if there’s one thing the AKP has achieved, it is that Turkey has become more independent in terms of its foreign policy capabilities and possesses the strategic and political will to create a self-sustaining military-industrial complex.

Do you even realise what’s being built here?
We’re building a Turkish Pentagon where the entire military command – including the Air Force, Navy and Army – is concentrated in a single complex that also houses part of the defence industry, along with institutions such as TÜBİTAK and MSB AR-GE, as well as liaison offices for the Defence and Civilian industries.
Do you know just how strongly Germany and north-western Europe react to this and not in a positive way! They see it as a self-sustaining foundation – which means that every party, even a Kurdish or left-liberal party, must bow to this system, however unlikely it may be that they will come to power, just as in the US, where the Republicans and Democrats must be guided strategically and in foreign policy by the Pentagon and its think tanks. We are talking here about ‘Devlet akli’.

If it is so easy, if it is so simple to do all these things – against a backdrop of external political and economic pressure from the US, Israel and the EU, and to some extent from Russia and China, all of whom regard the country merely as a weak link in their hemisphere – then you really ought to give some thought to what was achieved between 1950 and 2006, and between 2006 and 2026, in terms of industrial, economic and military infrastructure.
There are Galaxies between them – I’m telling you: Galaxies!

I really do respect your opinion, and yes, the AKP has reached its zenith with Erdogan; he should step down by 2030/32 at the latest so that a new strategic era can begin, but as far as I’m concerned, his work is not yet done.

The system he has created is so deeply entrenched that every subsequent government must adopt it as a strategic legacy, whether it wants to or not. The military-industrial complex will shape a large part of Turkish foreign policy, as it should.

 

[Saithan]

I don’t know what you’re getting at – 82–83% self-sufficiency in defence by June 2026 is anything but a sell-off of capabilities.
It’s by no means a given that you can go from18–20% to 82–83% in 15-20 Years. To achieve that, you need a great deal of political and strategic staying power.
There are many things one can criticise the current government for, such as its botched interest rate policy or certain moves in foreign and domestic policy. But if there’s one thing the AKP has achieved, it is that Turkey has become more independent in terms of its foreign policy capabilities and possesses the strategic and political will to create a self-sustaining military-industrial complex.

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Do you even realise what’s being built here?
We’re building a Turkish Pentagon where the entire military command – including the Air Force, Navy and Army – is concentrated in a single complex that also houses part of the defence industry, along with institutions such as TÜBİTAK and MSB AR-GE, as well as liaison offices for the Defence and Civilian industries.
Do you know just how strongly Germany and north-western Europe react to this and not in a positive way! They see it as a self-sustaining foundation – which means that every party, even a Kurdish or left-liberal party, must bow to this system, however unlikely it may be that they will come to power, just as in the US, where the Republicans and Democrats must be guided strategically and in foreign policy by the Pentagon and its think tanks. We are talking here about ‘Devlet akli’.

If it is so easy, if it is so simple to do all these things – against a backdrop of external political and economic pressure from the US, Israel and the EU, and to some extent from Russia and China, all of whom regard the country merely as a weak link in their hemisphere – then you really ought to give some thought to what was achieved between 1950 and 2006, and between 2006 and 2026, in terms of industrial, economic and military infrastructure.
There are Galaxies between them – I’m telling you: Galaxies!

I really do respect your opinion, and yes, the AKP has reached its zenith with Erdogan; he should step down by 2030/32 at the latest so that a new strategic era can begin, but as far as I’m concerned, his work is not yet done.

The system he has created is so deeply entrenched that every subsequent government must adopt it as a strategic legacy, whether it wants to or not. The military-industrial complex will shape a large part of Turkish foreign policy, as it should.

He is pointing out that the government and the stupidity of a certain someone raped our nations economy and we're in this situation because of how his political party and bigotry has hallowed out the trust.

People will do what is necessary to get by, but they will hold on to their values and diversify and possible avoid paying tax if they can. In the end it'll hurt the economy and the government who doesn't have any incentive to make people spend more money will look for foreign investors, like blackrock, and they will even sell graveyards to make room for nice condos to try to get more money into the country.

 

[IC3M@N FX]

He is pointing out that the government and the stupidity of a certain someone raped our nations economy and we're in this situation because of how his political party and bigotry has hallowed out the trust.

People will do what is necessary to get by, but they will hold on to their values and diversify and possible avoid paying tax if they can. In the end it'll hurt the economy and the government who doesn't have any incentive to make people spend more money will look for foreign investors, like blackrock, and they will even sell graveyards to make room for nice condos to try to get more money into the country.

I know what you mean, but I don’t think that’s the whole truth. Yes, the government has made economic mistakes – what on earth prompted it to pursue this interest rate policy and the resulting inflation? I assume the aim was to attract foreign capital and investment through favourable interest rates, which was partly successful, but which naturally fuelled inflation due to external economic pressure from credit ratings and embargoes; they pulled the emergency brake too late – there’s no excuse for that.

I’ve been in Turkey for a week and am on holiday with my family in Antalya. We have a house there in Muratpaşa/Güzeloba, but I’ve also been observing the lifestyle of some people here, which isn’t in keeping with their financial means – in other words, they lead a high-society lifestyle where the salary in their bank account doesn’t match their lifestyle. And that’s not the exception, but in some cases the rule. I’m not saying I don’t earn enough, but when I see how many people go out for meals and drinks – not just once or twice a week, but three times, sometimes even four times a week – I really do wonder what they’re complaining about.
If I have to be careful to make ends meet and not overspend on holiday – meaning I can’t go out for a meal with my family every day – then why are these people, with 3–5 credit cards that cover each other, able to lead such a lifestyle simply because they think it’s great and want to?
And those who complain about their financial situation, saying that everything has become more expensive and is now unaffordable
I’m not saying it’s like that everywhere in Turkey, and yes, there are more than enough people in Turkey who sometimes have two or three jobs and still can barely make ends meet – that, too, is a bitter reality. But when I see myself sitting in a restaurant with my family having a meal, and across from us two women and two men eating together, who then get the bill, don’t have enough money and say to the waiter, ‘idare et’, whereupon the waiter protests – then I have absolutely no sympathy for them. If I’ve got no money in my pocket, I simply don’t go out – end of story. There’s no discussion about it, whether I’m in Germany or in Turkey. Even worse: they send our Kapici to the ends of the World to do the shopping, and he writes in the WhatsApp group: ‘Abla, this costs more than you gave me – what am I supposed to do now?’, to which the reply is something like: ‘You pay the difference’, along the lines of: be glad you’ve got the job. This isn’t a problem with the government, but a problem of mentality amongst the population – and that won’t change even if Party XY comes to power.
I’m sorry, but that sort of thing is cringe-worthy.

The same applies to people who come from Germany, live on social security there, have scraped together the money for a holiday, and refuse to work by lying and cheating and acting like big shots in Turkey – that, too, is a bitter reality and a reason to feel ashamed on their behalf.

Sry for Off-Topic

 

[Saithan]

Remember when government forced banks to lend money disregarding proper evaluation of each persons chance of paying it back. Pure consumer, debt driven lifestyle has been promoted with government blessing, which lead to RTE begging Yildirim to come back.

 

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Simsek

 

[TheInsider]

Defense exports reached 4.6+ billion for the first 6 months of the year. We will likely pass 9 billion and will have a shot at passing 10 billion
Our defense industry is increasingly becoming self-sufficient through exports.

January: $554.345 million
February: $552.707 million
March: $801.486 million
April: $962.332 million
May: $992.062 million
June: $802.810 million

 

[Huelague]

Maybe passing $ 11 billion

Türkiye's annualized defense exports surpass $11B for 1st time

Türkiye's defense and aerospace exports exceeded $11 billion (TL 514.86 billion) on a rolling 12-month basis for the first time ever, a top official...

www.dailysabah.com

 

[Zafer]

$10.054 bn was last year, 29.5% increase so far, $13.300 bn possible this year.

 

[Turkic]

Rutte said tens of billions worth of new contracts will be announced tomorrow. Do you think we need a thread for the summit? It's kind of a defence fair.

 

[dBSPL]

Rutte said tens of billions worth of new contracts will be announced tomorrow. Do you think we need a thread for the summit? It's kind of a defence fair.

Some of these agreements will be about supporting Ukraine. But I agree, though. We could have had a separate thread about the NATO summit.

 

[Sanchez]

Rutte said tens of billions worth of new contracts will be announced tomorrow. Do you think we need a thread for the summit? It's kind of a defence fair.

Majority of USD spent will be spent by countries on other countries. But surely we'll hear some big ones for us as well.

 

[Fatman17]

TRT World - Pakistan denies cancellation of helicopter deal with Turkiye

Pakistan Army says that speculation over T-129 ATAK helicopters deal is baseless.

www.trtworld.com

Will this 1.5B$ deal for 30 helicopters be revived as US lifts sanctions on Turkiye?
Pakistan Army chief visiting Turkiye in the next 2 days

 

[Saithan]

TRT World - Pakistan denies cancellation of helicopter deal with Turkiye

Pakistan Army says that speculation over T-129 ATAK helicopters deal is baseless.

www.trtworld.com

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Will this 1.5B$ deal for 30 helicopters be revived as US lifts sanctions on Turkiye?
Pakistan Army chief visiting Turkiye in the next 2 days

I think it was delayed due to no export permit to Pakistan. I really hoped we could provide T129 to PAF.

 

[Fatman17]

I think it was delayed due to no export permit to Pakistan. I really hoped we could provide T129 to PAF.

US refused NOC for the US origin engines

 

[Pokemonte13]

pakistan already bought chinese made attack helicopters so overall need should be met. Maybe they are not satisfied with the performance.

 

[Fatman17]

pakistan already bought chinese made attack helicopters so overall need should be met. Maybe they are not satisfied with the performance.

Only 6 delivered according to my info. Would prefer the T-129

 

[Pokemonte13]

still unlikely that they would lift the engine export control maybe with the domestic TS1400 but currently there are no plans to integrate it

 

[fushkee]

What’s the latest of TS1400 to be integrated to T-129?