after the great success of the bay rocktar tb2 drone in ukraine
made the turkish defense industry a success
turkey's defense industry is set to boom after ukraine's use of its drones to combat
russia's invasion has attracted international attention analysts tell the media line the baker
baerktar tb2 an unmanned military combat drone manufactured by turkish company baker defense
has been lauded by key for its use in successful attacks against the russian forces on thursday
baker ceo hai luke berakhtar posted a photo of him meeting with ukrainian
president volodymyr zielinski and wishing him victory over the invaders
on sunday ukraine's embassy in ankara posted a video showing what looked like a turkish drone
hitting a russian military column the drones have grabbed headlines over the
world with media outlets stating ukraine's secret weapon against russia turkish drones
and ukraine liens on armed turkish drones western missiles to thwart russian invasion
artem lutolu an ankara based defense analyst told the media line that turkey tried to buy
drones decades ago from the u.s but it seemed reluctant to sell them ankara has used drones
in its four decade fight against an insurgency by the kurdistan workers party pkk on thursday
deputy foreign minister yavuz selem kieran told the pro-government saba media outlet that keeve's
purchase of the drones was directly from the private baker firm and not a deal with turkey
private defense industry companies can make such agreements with countries
we will not lose our position negotiating with both sides kieran said
mei lutolu said that while baker is a private company defense exports are heavily monitored by
the government it's not just a consumer product or civilian technology that these companies are
selling so if somehow these companies are delivering these systems it's under direct
control and monitoring by both parties both governments he said burke acen a professor of
political science at istanbul sabangi university told the media line the turkish government does
not want to be vocal about the drone's success because it is afraid of russia's reaction
the ruling circles are quite worried about this drone issue getting out of hand however
the drone's successful deployment would strongly promote the country's defense industry he said
it shows that investing in the drones was a good strategy on the part of ukraine
that's why the ukrainian government has really promoted this issue
acen added that ukraine promoting the success of the drones could be an attempt
to drive a wedge between turkey and russia mevlutolu expects demand for turkish drones
to increase significantly and that the defense industry will create new models
he estimated that more than 300 drones have been manufactured so far mevlutolu said the turkish
drone's appeal to foreign buyers came from a balance of performance cost and ease of operation
they are sophisticated they have advanced technology but not so advanced to maintain
and they are sophisticated but not so expensive he said
i think that makes them a very effective weapon platform and surveillance platform
however he stressed that there is no evidence that turkey has exported the drones since russia's
attack started that would put turkey in a very difficult position diplomatically and militarily
because it would make turkey a direct party in the conflict he said it would make the situation
with russia a lot more complicated ankara has strained to balance its ties with kiev and moscow
russia is a major source of energy trade and tourism crucial sectors for turkey president
recep tayyip erdogan has for several years tried to improve relations with russian president
vladimir putin this effort notably included been the purchase of a russian anti-missile air defense
system the s-400s which led to washington kicking its nato ally out of the f-35 joint
strike fighter program russia and its historical rival turkey support opposing sides in syria
erdogan has tried to mediate between ukraine and russia proposing to host
peace talks while zielinski was open to the possibility putin has not accepted the offer
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