President Erdoğan spoke at the Denizli rally

 

Addressing citizens in Denizli: “We can now produce with our own means nearly all of the weapons we need. What is more, we export them to friendly and brotherly countries. We achieved $5.5-billion in defense industry exports last year.”

President and Justice and Development (AK) Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed citizens at the party’s rally in Denizli.

Underscoring that one of the most important pillars of the Century of Türkiye vision is to elevate Türkiye to world’s premier league in defense industry and technology, President Erdoğan said: “Despite many obstacles and overt/covert embargoes we face, we constantly improve ourselves in this area. We officially put into service tens of aerial, ground and navy projects in the past year alone.”

Stating that they have increased the domestic production rate, which was around 20 per cent when they took office, to some 80 per cent, President Erdoğan noted that they put an end to the importation of most of the weapons Türkiye had been using in its fight against terror, and added: “We can now produce with our own means nearly all of the weapons we need. What is more, we export them to friendly and brotherly countries. We achieved $5.5-billion in defense industry exports last year.”