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Turkey's defense industry strength stands out at NATO Ankara summit
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte praised Turkey's strong army and defense industry infrastructure. The summit in Ankara brought vitality to the city's economy while Turkish defense industry exports reached 10.
World leaders gathering in Ankara... A big event. The recognition of Turkey's importance and effectiveness in global issues... A big event. Being seen as the key country for regional stability in the Middle East ring of fire... A big event. The second NATO summit in Turkey since 2004... And such a magnificent hosting in Ankara for the first time... A big event. Let's rejoice... Let's boast... Let's be proud.
And let's not make it a subject of party politics and daily sterile quarrels. *** DEFENSE INDUSTRY Mark Rutte... NATO Secretary General... What he said before the summit is very important: Turkey is an extremely important country for NATO. It has one of NATO's strongest armies. The Turkish Armed Forces are highly equipped and well-trained. And...
Having a massive defense industry infrastructure consisting of nearly 3,000 companies is also an important advantage. Mark Rutte was in Ankara in April. He visited ASELSAN. If only... he could have also toured TUSAŞ... ROKETSAN... BAYKAR... HAVELSAN... FNSS... Not to mention... we have other defense industry institutions and organizations. *** DID YOU KNOW?
That Turkish defense and aerospace industry products are exported to 178 countries around the world... Did you know? In the last year, export revenue from defense industry products... 10.9 billion dollars. And a detail. In the last year... the increase in sales is 47.1 percent. The most sales are... to NATO countries. Turkey... is no longer a supplier in the global defense industry...
It is in a position of a leading actor that develops technology and establishes joint production models. *** GLORIOUS ARMY Mustafa Kemal's soldiers... The Turkish Armed Forces... Today, with 884 thousand personnel, it is NATO's fourth largest military force. The USA... France... Britain... And great Turkey. Here is the glorious army that instills trust in friends and fear in enemies. *** LIFEBLOOD FOR THE ECONOMY Hotels in Ankara are full... 100 percent... Occupancy started before the summit.
Leaders of 32 NATO member countries... Also leaders specially invited by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Ministers... Senior diplomats... Representatives of international organizations... Media members... Over 3,000. Security teams... Support staff. In summary... even if for a few days, an increase of over 10,000 foreign population in Ankara. Great vitality for Ankara's economy... It would be fitting to call it 'lifeblood'.
Hotels... Restaurants... Transportation... Logistics... Daily shopping... Souvenirs. Ah! If only such large organizations could be held in other cities of Turkey. *** DISTINGUISHED GUESTS The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, hosted his distinguished guests. Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler. US Deputy Secretary of Defense. Representatives of Turkish and American defense industry companies.
I spoke with Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. He talked about the strength of our defense industry... how both NATO member and non-member countries are impressed by this strength and their cooperation proposals. And today... he said a larger meeting will be held. At ATO Congresium... the Congress and Exhibition Center. Participants... top executives of defense industry companies from NATO countries. And ours too, of course. *** PROMOTION EXPLOSION Istanbul...
In 2023, it was chosen as the world's most popular city... by BBC Travel. According to data published by Euromonitor International, it is one of the five most visited and most popular cities in the world. What about Ankara? The same recognition, the same visits, the same popularity is nowhere to be found. TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, 'We created a promotion explosion.' - Promotion of Turkey... Promotion of Ankara...
Even if we spent billions, we couldn't have achieved such promotion... Its impact will be better understood over time. *** BEYOND THE SUMMIT The Ankara summit is far beyond just a NATO meeting... a leaders' gathering. For Turkey, it is also far beyond diplomatic hosting. In the changing world order, what kind of alliance will NATO transform into? How will Europe's security be reshaped?
What role will Turkey, the key country of the Middle East, assume in this new world order... in the new security architecture? It is for these reasons that... the Ankara summit carries meanings beyond the summit. *** A PAGE FROM DEEP HISTORY The white revolution... The elections of May 14, 1950... The end of the Republican People's Party's 27-year rule. And the Democratic Party's coming to power.
İsmet İnönü, whose presidency ended, left Çankaya Mansion and withdrew to his home... to Pembe Köşk. Celal Bayar... Now the President... the new host of Çankaya Mansion. No handover ceremony was held for this important change of duty. In the early days of his presidency, Bayar requests an appointment with İnönü... visits him at Pembe Köşk. A one-on-one meeting. Celal Bayar asks: - My Pasha...
There are such important matters that they are not even in the state's most secret archives... Information vital to the state... Do you have anything to tell me in this regard? - I do, Celal Bey. And... two important figures of the War of Independence... İsmet İnönü and Celal Bayar talk at length. At the end of the conversation, Celal Bayar says, 'My Pasha': - I have one more question... Why didn't you join NATO? - They didn't accept us, Celal Bey...
If they had accepted us, wouldn't we have joined? A few days pass. This time, İsmet İnönü visits President Celal Bayar at Çankaya Mansion... conveys his congratulations. Süleyman Demirel had told me these. Turkey... officially became a NATO member on February 18, 1952. And today... Turkey is one of NATO's strongest countries.
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