President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the “Strength to the Blue Homeland: New Naval Platforms Delivery Ceremony” at Sefine Shipyard in Yalova

 

Drawing attention to the large number of projects implemented with the aim of ensuring the security of the Blue Homeland, President Erdoğan said: “We have achieved an indigenous production rate of up to 80 percent in our projects. We not only build or carry out the rough construction of ships. We are also able to indigenously produce the sensors, useful load, weaponry and ammunition that are needed at all ships.”

“WE ENDEAVOR TO ENSURE A CLIMATE OF PEACE IN OUR REGION”

Underlining that nations that are not powerful and independent in defense industry cannot look to the future with confidence, President Erdoğan said: “The region our country is located in is the geography where conflicts, political crises and confrontations are the most intense in the world. From the Russia-Ukraine War to the massacres in Gaza, from the atrocities in Syria to the crisis in Libya, every incident that occupies the humanity’s agenda is transpiring right next to us.”

Noting that Türkiye has made a name for itself as a monument of stability in the midst of all these tensions and crises despite all the obstacles raised in its path for years, President Erdoğan said: “We not only protect our stability and domestic peace. We also endeavor to end conflicts and ensure a climate of peace and tranquility in our region.”