Leading Turkish defense and aerospace companies are strengthening their positions in the country's industry not only through their expansion but also with their rising export performance, according to a report on Tuesday.
The top defense and aerospace industry firms ranked high in export performance in the 2025 "Türkiye's Top 500 Industrial Enterprises " survey, published recently by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO).
The ISO survey, announced earlier this month, showed that while leading industrial companies in the country remained broadly unchanged, with oil refiner Tüpraş emerging once again at the very top, the Top 10 list got reshuffled with two defense companies – Aselsan and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) – joining.
The ISO 500 survey also revealed that the export amounts and overall export rankings of defense and aerospace companies operating in the sector indicate that their influence in international markets is strengthening in parallel with their production capacity.
Of the 13 defense and aerospace companies listed in the survey, the total exports of 11 (for which export data was available) reached $6.77 billion, according to the data evaluated by Anadolu Agency (AA).
