Burak Ege Bekdil

Burak Ege Bekdil

Burak Ege Bekdil was the Turkey correspondent for Defense News.

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Turkey’s Baykar to spend $100 million on Ukraine drone production

Company executives profess to view the war-torn country as a long-term, strategic partner rather than a short-term market.

10 months ago

Turkey seeks repeat of drone success story for land systems

Several local companies are already developing unmanned ground vehicles in the hopes their products will be combat-proven by the Turkish military.

10 months ago

Turkish defense exports pass $4 billion in 2022, says procurement boss

The Turkish Exporters’ Assembly had put the country’s defense and aerospace exports in the period between January and November at $3.77 billion.

Locally made AESA radar to extend life of Turkish F-16 jets

It's part of a program dubbed Ozgur, which involves modernization of the aircraft’s structure and avionics.

Turkey unveils MIR naval surface drone for fighting submarines

The MIR unmanned vessel can be operated autonomously, remote-controlled or with a crew.

Turkey’s TAI developing subsonic drone, with eye on supersonic version

The UAV is initially expected to have a maximum speed of Mach 0.7 and to make its maiden flight in February.

BMC moving ahead on Altay tank for Turkey amid supply chain questions

The program is in two phases: T1 covers the first 250 units, and T2 involves an advanced version of the tank.

Turkish Aerospace combat aircraft for Niger, Chad pack Aselsan sensors

The contract with Niger follows the sale of 12 Hurkus-B aircraft to the African nation under a deal signed in 2021.

Titra developing Turkey’s first uncrewed helicopter

Company plans to produce 10 Alpin uncrewed helicopters per year, in addition to 250 kamikaze drones.

Turkey, Kazakhstan deepen relations in space tech, drone production

A new memorandum of understanding calls for the co-production of satellites and subsystems, including space-observation capabilities.

Aselsan, Sefine team up again on uncrewed electronic warfare vessel

The Marlin SIDA was developed by a partnership between Aselsan, Turkey’s biggest defense company and Sefine, a privately owned shipyard.

Turkey and Ukraine to coproduce TB2 drones

Ukrainian Defence Minister Olesii Reznikov told reporters in Kyiv that the coproduction compound would also include a training center where Ukrainian pilots would be trained.

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