I can understand that we've gained something in return for our pas sacrifices. But the way I see it. If we had succeeded in landing our own FAC/FPB in 1968-1973, who is to say that we wouldn't be able to do better today.
The best proof of what we can do if TSK believed in our ppl is Baykar, and we're building Corvettes and Frigates. Why pay the money to foreigners when we could pay our own shipyards. As we're doing today.
The way I see it. 1973-2004 (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MILGEM_project) we sacrificed 31 years of development. Germany was divided back then too. We could have had those vessels ready for 1974 IMO.