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

Authors

Besenyő, János
Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary http://uni-obuda.hu
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Málnássy, András
University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary https://ajk.pte.hu
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

4


Number

2


Issue date

June 2022


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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