Received:
2022-03-25 | Accepted:
2022-05-10 | Published:
2022-06-30
Title
Future expansion and prospects of Turkish defense industry
Abstract
The global military industry, like the Turkish military industry, has undergone and is undergoing a major transformation in the 21st century. The faster and faster coming-out of new technologies and economic ecosystems are transforming the military industry as well while the latter used to make slow responses and changes otherwise. New players and companies are emerging and expected to become increasingly important. In this changing environment, the Turkish military industry needs to produce tools and systems that meet the requirements of them: to be technologically of high quality, to be competitive in terms of prices, and to have security of supply in the event of a crisis. A changing global field and security environment, where the interdependence of national economies is increasing, make increasingly difficult to meet these three expectations simultaneously.
Keywords
Turkey, defense industry, security and defense policy, geopolitics, military force projection, drones
JEL classifications
F50
, F51
, F52
URI
http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/95
DOI
HAL
Pages
10-21
Funding
This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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