Agha Sher
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Cirit missile, Anka UAV, Milgem, Milden, Atak, Altay, TF-X...all have foreign engines. Blame Burak Bekdil as much as you can, it doesn’t change the facts.
You need synergy of Universities, R&D institutes, free Economy and Politics and maybe a huge sponsor to solve the problems.
You are being overly critical and digging hard to find negative things about the Turkish defence industry. Turkey has made undertaken great efforts in engine development and the next half a decade will show the fruits of it.
The lastest produced Anka UAVs utilises the domestic PD 170 engines, for your information.
Maybe you should apply this critical methodology to your country's own armed forces. Your Navy, Air Force and Land Forces are in a catastrophic state.
One question I always ask myself is why turkey does not simply copy the necessary engines, step by step ... we have all kinds of engines in the arsenal - so why not build every engine piece by piece to understand the principles, gain knowledge, update technologies, add them, and start producing?
Like China did in the past and still does -
Because China is a rogue state, and they can't export those products to the west or allies of the west. Turkey is an integrated part of the free world, and thus, follows the conventions and play rules of the free world. In addition, Turkey has a clear interest in exporting to the west and allies of the west, as such, the product has to be original.
Also, copying doesn't solve everything. China has tried to copy Russian jet engines for decades, but still fails to produce reliable copies.