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Turkey has decided to take yet another step in increasing its defense industry exports by launching three more promotional offices in Europe, Central Asia and the Gulf.
According to information Todays Zaman received from Defense Ministry sources, Turkey has intensified efforts to that end in the past couple of months. The sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said the country already received an offer from Qatar to establish an office inside the countrys General Staff headquarters, while the remaining two offices will be opened in Belgium and either Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan. The first such office was opened in Washington, D.C., last month and retired Air Marshal Maurice Lee McFann was brought as the head of the office in the US capital.
Turkeys exports of defense industry products rose as high as $900 million this year. The target for next year is to reach $1 billion for the first time in the modern republics history.
With the opening of the offices, the country expects to strengthen its influence in the field of foreign policy as well as boosting its exports to these three regions. Turkey seeks to reach a total export volume of $500 billion over four times the present figure and become one of the 10 largest economies in the world by 2023, the centennial of the modern republic.
The domestic defense industry in Turkey is expected to make a gross profit of $2.7 billion by the end of this year with a 20 percent increase over 2009. We will exceed the $1 billion export volume next year, and Turkey will enter the world league of giants in the defense industry in the following years. The Middle Eastern countries in particular trust each other, and they want to buy key technology from us. When they are about make such a purchase, they first check whether Turkey manufactures that particular product. We have a huge advantage and potential. It is time to make use of it, the same sources told Todays Zaman.
29 December 2010, Wednesday / EMRE SONCAN, ANKARA
ZAMAN
Short URL: Turkey to open three defense export offices abroad | TRDEFENCE
According to information Todays Zaman received from Defense Ministry sources, Turkey has intensified efforts to that end in the past couple of months. The sources, who wished to remain anonymous, said the country already received an offer from Qatar to establish an office inside the countrys General Staff headquarters, while the remaining two offices will be opened in Belgium and either Azerbaijan or Turkmenistan. The first such office was opened in Washington, D.C., last month and retired Air Marshal Maurice Lee McFann was brought as the head of the office in the US capital.
Turkeys exports of defense industry products rose as high as $900 million this year. The target for next year is to reach $1 billion for the first time in the modern republics history.
With the opening of the offices, the country expects to strengthen its influence in the field of foreign policy as well as boosting its exports to these three regions. Turkey seeks to reach a total export volume of $500 billion over four times the present figure and become one of the 10 largest economies in the world by 2023, the centennial of the modern republic.
The domestic defense industry in Turkey is expected to make a gross profit of $2.7 billion by the end of this year with a 20 percent increase over 2009. We will exceed the $1 billion export volume next year, and Turkey will enter the world league of giants in the defense industry in the following years. The Middle Eastern countries in particular trust each other, and they want to buy key technology from us. When they are about make such a purchase, they first check whether Turkey manufactures that particular product. We have a huge advantage and potential. It is time to make use of it, the same sources told Todays Zaman.
29 December 2010, Wednesday / EMRE SONCAN, ANKARA
ZAMAN
Short URL: Turkey to open three defense export offices abroad | TRDEFENCE
